May 09
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) recently released State Court Processing of Domestic Violence Cases, a report (along with links to underlying data) that examines the processing of domestic violence (DV) and non-domestic violence (non-DV) cases filed in May 2002 in 15 large urban counties. In particular, the study compares the domestic and non-domestic offenses of sexual and aggravated assault on 11 prosecution, conviction, and sentencing outcome measures. Data are also presented regarding court issued protection orders, guilty plea versus trial convictions, and the demographic characteristics of domestic violence defendants. Major findings include:
- A third of violent felony defendants were charged with domestic violence.
- Prosecuted domestic sexual assault
defendants had a higher overall conviction rate (98%) than prosecuted
non-domestic sexual assault defendants (87%). - Domestic aggravated assault
defendants (54%) were less likely to be granted pretrial release than
non-domestic aggravated assault defendants (62%).
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