Do the Views of the Prosecutor's Offices Have an Impact on Whether Intimate Partner Violence Cases Go To Trial?

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dc.contributor.authorKershaw, Njerien
dc.contributor.committeechairHawdon, James E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCalasanti, Toni M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRyan, John W.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:33:26Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-01en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:33:26Zen
dc.date.issued2009-03-30en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-01en
dc.date.sdate2009-04-14en
dc.description.abstractEach year there are approximately 589,000 nonfatal violent victimizations (e.g., aggravated assault, simple assault) committed by an intimate partner (US Dept. of Justice, 2003). Of that, roughly 85% of these violent victimizations were committed against females (US Dept. of Justice, 2003). Even with this large amount of violence against women, only about 33% of the perpetrators of those crimes are brought to trial in state courts (US Dept. of Justice, 2005). Even a cursory look at the literature indicates that extra-legal factors, including the personal views of the police, judges, and prosecutors, have an effect on which cases are brought to trial. Mandatory prosecution laws attempt to overcome these extra-legal factors. I will investigate if these laws succeed in reducing prosecutorial discretion and result in a greater percentage of domestic violence cases going to trial or if the views of the prosecutors' offices still determine which cases are brought to trial.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04142009-154712en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04142009-154712/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31715en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartNjeriETDThesis4.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectdomestic violenceen
dc.subjectintimate partner violenceen
dc.subjectno-drop policiesen
dc.titleDo the Views of the Prosecutor's Offices Have an Impact on Whether Intimate Partner Violence Cases Go To Trial?en
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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