CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Domestic Violence: Personal Trouble or PublicIssue?; CHAPTER THREE: Criminal Justice Response to DomesticViolence: Theoretical Frameworks; CHAPTER FOUR: Research Methods and Data; CHAPTER FIVE: Characteristics and Court Involvement of Men inthe Study; CHAPTER SIX: Comparisons between Recidivists and Non-Recidivists; CHAPTER SEVEN: Discussion; CHAPTER EIGHT: Summary and Conclusion; References; Index
Summary
Cosimo examines the effects of civil and criminal legal sanctions for domestic violence related offenses on recidivism and on whether the number of legal sanctions imposed by the courts influences non-recidivism status. With an overall recidivism rate of 30.3%, results show that the risk of recidivism is 45% lower for men who experienced two legal sanctions (arrest and probation) relative to men who experienced one legal sanction (civil protective order). Additionally, men with prior criminal court involvement for domestic violence offenses are more likely to recidivate. Rather than reducing o
