SOC 4610 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Misdemeanor
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Community prosecution model: making a difference in domestic violence rates may best be accomplished by approaching the problem from a community prosecution model. Implication: prosecutors, when setting release or sentencing conditions, typically require abstinence from alcohol or drugs together with alcohol and drug education. Will abusers reoffend: approximately 1/3 will re-abuse in the short run, more in the long run. Will abusers commit new nondomestic violent crimes: 70% of abusers also engage in one or more antisocial acts concurrently. Implication: aggressively pursuing, prosecuting and sentencing abusers may protect victims and their children, and may also reduce nondomestic offenses often committed by abusers. Implication: arrest is only the first step on stopping abuse: countermeasures must begin immediately, once the suspect is released pending trial. Implications: asking victims if they fear reassault provides one of the best ways to predict reabuse or potential lethality and requires the least resources and time commitment.
