Family courts
Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Parental Alienation and Abuse Allegations
U.S. child custody outcomes in cases involving parental alienation and abuse allegations: what do the data show?
Questioning the Scientific Validity of the Parental Alienation Label in Abuse Cases (From Challenging Parental Alienation: New Directions for Professionals and Parents)
Formative Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program
A Randomized Pilot of the Engaging Moms Program for Family Drug Court
Evaluating the Efficacy of the SAFeR Approach to Improving Legal Responses to IPV: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Child Custody Decision-making among Intimate Partner Violence Families
Socialization to Gangs in St. Louis Project: Background and Executive Summary, Final Report
Civil Protection Orders: The Benefits and Limitations for Victims of Domestic Violence, Final Report
Punishing Youth Homicide Offenders in Philadelphia
Increasing Convictions in Domestic Violence Cases: A Field Test in Milwaukee
Juvenile Detention: The Philadelphia Alternative
Estimating the Population at Risk for Violence During Child Visitation
Specialized Courtrooms: Does Speeding Up the Process Jeopardize the Quality of Justice?
Outcomes of Custody and Visitation Petitions When Fathers are Restrained by Protection Orders: The Case of the New York Family Courts
Parental Drug Testing in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases: The Washington, D.C. Experience
Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program
The Need for Mandatory Domestic Violence Training for Court-Appointed Custody Evaluators
Civil Protection Order Enforcement
T.K. Logan discusses her study that looked at the impact of civil protective orders for domestic violence victims in five Kentucky jurisdictions. Civil protective orders, sometimes known as restraining orders, may cover various situations, such as ordering an assailant to avoid a victim's home and workplace or forbidding any contact with the victim, including by mail or telephone.
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Mothers & Children Seeking Safety in the US: A Study of International Child Abduction Cases Involving Domestic Violence
Since the implementation of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, thousands of abused women have faced complex litigation after seeking safety in the United States. Many have been court ordered to return their to the country from which they fled and often to their abusive partners custody. The presenters discussed the findings of an NIJ-funded study focusing on the experiences of women who as victims of domestic violence in another country, come to the U.S.
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Reforming New Orleans' Criminal Justice System: The Role of Data and Research
With its criminal justice system in disarray following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans invited the Vera Institute of Justice to examine the city's court and jail operations. For five years, Vera has been tracking arrest-to-first-appearance time, custodial arrests versus summonses, the granting of pretrial release, and many other decision-making points. Based on analysis of these data, Vera is making policy recommendations to assist with the implementation of new procedures and to ensure performance monitoring.
Discussing the Future of Justice-Involved Young Adults
New science in brain development is transforming young adult involvement with the justice system. On Tuesday, September 8, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, and experts from NIJ and the Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice who serve on the Executive Session on Community Corrections discussed the future of justice-involved young adults.
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Custody Evaluation in Domestic Violence Cases
Panelists will examine practices, beliefs and recommendations of professional and custody evaluators in domestic violence cases. Panelists will discuss current NIJ studies that use both qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the impact of personal attitudes and beliefs on custody evaluation.
Domestic Violence Research 15 Years After VAWA
Since the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, a majority of the more than 250 research and evaluation studies funded by NIJ examined domestic violence issues. This research has been collected in the Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women, which includes an abstract of each grant and the results of completed studies.