NCJ Number
87390
Date Published
1977
Length
64 pages
Annotation
Domestic violence is a critical issue facing the people of the state, and until now the state has not adequately examined, identified, and responded to the program.
Abstract
In an attempt to ascertain the breadth of this problem, Attorney General William J. Brown appointed a fifteen-member Task Force comprised of citizens from varied backgrounds including: psychiatry, law, education, counseling, crisis intervention, homemaking, and the legislature. The Task Force examined alternative programs, position papers, testimony, and research data which were presented for deliberation over the eight-month period, and identified ways to make the existing system more efficient, more effective, and more equitable. One of the most disturbing factors of this problem is the lack of data. As a result, the Task Force could not determine precisely how many persons are victims of domestic violence, how many instances of domestic violence exist, how much domestic violence is reported, or how much is unreported. (NTIS abstract)