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Criminal Offending Among Respondents To Protective Orders: Crime Types And Patterns That Predict Victim Risk, Carol E. Jordan, Adam J. Pritchard, Danielle Duckett, Richard Charnigo
Criminal Offending Among Respondents To Protective Orders: Crime Types And Patterns That Predict Victim Risk, Carol E. Jordan, Adam J. Pritchard, Danielle Duckett, Richard Charnigo
Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Publications
Research has shown that respondents to protective orders have robust criminal histories and that criminal offending behavior often follows issuance of a protective order. Nonetheless, the specific nature of the association between protective orders and criminal offending remains unclear. This study uses two classes of statistical models to more clearly delineate that relationship. The models reveal factors and characteristics that appear to be associated with offending and protective order issuance and provide indications about when a victim is most at risk and when the justice system should be most ready to provide immediate protection.
The Denial Of Emergency Protection: Factors Associated With Court Decision Making, Carol E. Jordan, Adam J. Pritchard, Pamela Wilcox, Danielle Duckett-Pritchard
The Denial Of Emergency Protection: Factors Associated With Court Decision Making, Carol E. Jordan, Adam J. Pritchard, Pamela Wilcox, Danielle Duckett-Pritchard
Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Publications
Despite the importance of civil orders of protection as a legal resource for victims of intimate partner violence, research is limited in this area, and most studies focus on the process following a court’s initial issuance of an emergency order. The purpose of this study is to address a major gap in the literature by examining cases where victims of intimate partner violence are denied access to temporary orders of protection. The study sample included a review of 2,205 petitions that had been denied by a Kentucky court during the 2003 fiscal year. The study offers important insights into the …
Kentucky Domestic Violence And Abuse Act: Civil Remedies For Victims, Carol E. Jordan, Karen Quinn
Kentucky Domestic Violence And Abuse Act: Civil Remedies For Victims, Carol E. Jordan, Karen Quinn
Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Publications
Advocates for victims of domestic violence have long argued that this specifi form of violence is no less an offense than an assault by a stranger. In fact, because domestic violence invovles closely related victims and offenders, it poses additional and very serious risks to victims. Such risks led advocates to promote the creation of civil remedies for victims of domestic violence. The Domestic violence and abuse Act and its civil protections were created by the 1984 General Assembly, not to replace criminal sanctions, but to afford victims additional civil protections which the criminal justice system does not provide.