Outcomes of civil protective orders: Results from one state

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1209-1221

  Diviney, Charles L ^a   Parekh, Asha ^b   Olson, Lenora M ^c  

^a Salt Lake Area Domestic Violence Coalition ^*  (United States)

^b Salt Lake Family Justice Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; Batterer intervention programs; Civil protective orders; Court; Firearms; Incarceration; Intimate partner violence; Prosecution; Sentencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UTAH;

EID: 70349330783     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260508322185     Document Type: Article

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