Rochester (NY) Domestic Violence Court Judicial Monitoring
Problems addressed
Effectiveness

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No Effect

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Description

This is a program designed to monitor offenders convicted of domestic violence. The aim is to strengthen commitment to the correctional process and prevent future violence against women and revictimization.
The program consists of meetings between offenders and judges, initially once every two weeks. Meetings are scheduled more or less frequently, depending on the offender’s compliance with the requirements, and sanctions (verbal warning, increased frequency of court appearances, return to the initial phases of the program and electronic monitoring) and rewards (praise and reduced frequency of appearances) are provided throughout the process.
Judges carry out the following actions during meetings with offenders: assessing expected behavior and compliance with requirements, planning the monitoring program, applying sanctions and rewards, and reviewing the program’s performance.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation found no statistically significant differences in arrest rates following program participation, nor in the number of those attending or completing court-ordered programs for abusers [1].
The study had a Randomized Controlled Trial design for intensive court monitoring with domestic violence offenders focusing on offenders whose cases were prosecuted in either of the two specialized domestic violence courts in Rochester [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Labriola, M., Cissner, A. B., Davis, R. C. & Rempel, M. (2012). Testing the Efficacy of Judicial Monitoring: A Randomized Trial at the Rochester, New York Domestic Violence Courts. Center for Court Innovation. https://www.courtinnovation.org/sites/default/files/documents/Testing_E…

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