Author: Carrie WebsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Domestic relations
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Comparison of West Virginia Law Regarding Domestic and Family Violence to the Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Author: Carrie WebsterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Domestic relations
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
West Virginia Law Review
Author: Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence
Author: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court JudgesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Family Violence/Legislative Update
Author: Louis W. McHardyPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788185470
Category : Child abuse
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Contains a state-by-state review of 1998 legislative action addressing the problems of domestic violence & the needs of its victims & their children. Each state entry includes information on legislative sessions & actions including criminal penalties & procedures, civil orders for protection, prevention & treatment, family & children, & other related legislation. Includes charts of legislative trends & legislative activity in 1998, & information on state domestic violence coalitions & state legislative contacts.
State Codes on Domestic Violence
Author: Barbara J. HartPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788108867
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
A report and analysis of the achievements of legal reform efforts over the last 2 decades directed at ending domestic violence, protecting its victims and both constraining and transforming its perpetrators. Identifies the array of state codes on civil protection orders, child custody, civil damages, social and health services, arrest and law enforcement responsibilities, and rules of evidence for battered women defendants. Offers commentary on the law and the social context in which it operates. Articulates recommendations for further law reform efforts.
Reforming Juvenile Justice
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309278937
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to discount long-term consequences, and heightened sensitivity to peers and other social influences. A key function of adolescence is developing an integrated sense of self, including individualization, separation from parents, and personal identity. Experimentation and novelty-seeking behavior, such as alcohol and drug use, unsafe sex, and reckless driving, are thought to serve a number of adaptive functions despite their risks. Research indicates that for most youth, the period of risky experimentation does not extend beyond adolescence, ceasing as identity becomes settled with maturity. Much adolescent involvement in criminal activity is part of the normal developmental process of identity formation and most adolescents will mature out of these tendencies. Evidence of significant changes in brain structure and function during adolescence strongly suggests that these cognitive tendencies characteristic of adolescents are associated with biological immaturity of the brain and with an imbalance among developing brain systems. This imbalance model implies dual systems: one involved in cognitive and behavioral control and one involved in socio-emotional processes. Accordingly adolescents lack mature capacity for self-regulations because the brain system that influences pleasure-seeking and emotional reactivity develops more rapidly than the brain system that supports self-control. This knowledge of adolescent development has underscored important differences between adults and adolescents with direct bearing on the design and operation of the justice system, raising doubts about the core assumptions driving the criminalization of juvenile justice policy in the late decades of the 20th century. It was in this context that the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) asked the National Research Council to convene a committee to conduct a study of juvenile justice reform. The goal of Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach was to review recent advances in behavioral and neuroscience research and draw out the implications of this knowledge for juvenile justice reform, to assess the new generation of reform activities occurring in the United States, and to assess the performance of OJJDP in carrying out its statutory mission as well as its potential role in supporting scientifically based reform efforts.
Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence
Author: State Codes on Domestic Violence
Author: Barbara HartPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abused women
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
State Domestic Violence Laws and how to Pass Them
Author: Julie E. HamosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Stalking and Domestic Violence
Author: Noel-Anne BrennanPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 075670197X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) represents a giant step forward in our country's response to violence against women, including stalking and domestic violence (S&DV). This annual report to Congress provides info. about strategies that show promise and research that enhances our understanding of S&DV, against both women and children. Chapters: S&DV in Amer.; fed. and state anti-stalking legislation; sentencing and supervision of stalkers; the Dept. of Justice's response to S&DV; anti-stalking legislation update; state stalking laws; stalking resources on the Internet; selected bibliography; and list of contacts for sentencing and supervision of stalkers.