Can Officers Effectively Prosecute Domestic Violence Cases Without Victim Participation?

In the prosecution of domestic violence cases, there were too many staff members who set out the litigation as a whole based solely on the statement of the victims. However, "Domestic violence victims are more likely to abandon or refuse cooperation for prosecution work than victims of other violent crime" (Breitenbach, 2008, p. 1256). Officials must consider that victims of domestic violence may refuse to testify because of reunion, intimidation, economic dependence, fear of emotional attachment, and / or reunion with strikes.

In the case of sexual violence and domestic violence, Liebmann told me that prosecuting criminals through the traditional confrontation system may be more harmful to the victim than harm. They are likely to be interrogated at court, where they will be trusted and question their morality. In litigation negotiations and judgments, victims often have little or no opinion. Mr. Van Wolmer also told me historically that the desire of the victim was not brought into the process. Furthermore, many victims are reluctant to notify the police for forced arrest and prosecution related to domestic violence in the United States.

Previous studies have examined factors that influence the prosecution of felony incidents in domestic violence incidents, but analyzed how deficient participation and lack of participation affects the results of defendants' misdemeanable cases There is nothing that I did. In this survey we used 384 municipal incidents from professional domestic violence courts to investigate the role of victim defenders and the factors that influenced the participation of victims in prosecution and incident handling did. All decision makers (court defenders, prosecutors, and judges) within the sample are involved in the same group to ensure that the decisions are consistent across all cases. Analysis revealed that the cooperation and service of the victims after the arrest provided by the advocate of the asylum seeker is a strong predictor of the victim's cooperation in the result of disposition and incident.

Cases assigned to domestic violence units are handled by vertical prosecution. In other words, prosecutors and agents investigate the incident by receiving the incident from the office through final disposal. In highly confidential litigation such as sexual assault, child abuse, domestic violence etc, it is necessary to raise confidence of the victim and to ensure that highly trained and confidential personnel are assigned to these incidents by vertical prosecution The concept of is often used. In addition to the four lawyers and three investigators, Victim Witness Propaganda Office has one victim - the Witness Defender is assigned to the Domestic Violence Unit. The advocate meets the victim and will introduce to aid, information, emotional support, advocacy and other services as necessary. An advocate can help the victim to meet the security needs by offering a 9-1-1 free phone or obtaining an ADT alert pendant.