Domestic abuse courts: report
This report examines the effectiveness of Integrated Domestic Abuse Courts (IDACs) that use a ‘One Family, One Judge’ model.
Appendix 2: Evaluation outcomes from existing IDAC research
| Evaluation outcome |
Details of Research |
Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|
| IDACs result in less attendance at court for participants than the traditional two-court system |
Picard-Fritsche et al. 2011 Peterson 2014 Birnbaum et al. 2017 |
New York, USA Brooklyn, USA Toronto, Canada |
| IDACs result in more attendance at court for participants than the traditional two-court system |
Mennerich et al. 2005[90] Rempel and Katz 2011 |
New York, USA New York, USA |
| Case processing takes longer in IDAC than in traditional 2-court process. |
Rempel and Katz 2011[91] Cissner et al. 2014[92] Peterson 2014 |
New York, USA New York USA Brooklyn, USA |
| Case processing takes longer in traditional 2-court process than in IDVC. |
Schluetter et al. 2011 Vermont Center for Justice Research 2011; 2013 Cissner et al. 2014 |
Vermont, USA Vermont, USA New York, USA |
| Higher conviction rates in IDVCs (compared to traditional 2-court process) |
Picard- Fritsche et al., 2011 Peterson 2014 Cissner et al. 2014[93] |
New York, USA Brooklyn, USA New York, USA |
| Similar/equal conviction rates between IDVC and traditional 2-court process |
Mennerich et al. 2005 Rempel and Katz 2011 Schluetter et al. 2011[94] |
New York, USA New York, USA Vermont, USA |
| Lower conviction rates in IDVC (compared to traditional two-court process) |
Schluetter et al. 2011[95] |
Vermont, USA |
| Lower recidivism rates in IDVC (compared to traditional two-court process) |
Schluetter et al. 2011 Coll and Stewart 2007 |
Vermont, USA Idaho, USA |
| Equal recidivism rates (between IDVC and traditional two-court process) |
Mennerich et al. 2005 Rempel and Katz 2011 Peterson 2014 Cissner et al. 2014 |
New York, USA New York, USA Brooklyn, USA New York, USA |
| Higher recidivism rates in IDVC (compared to traditional two-court process) |
Peterson 2014[96] Picard-Fritsche et al. 2011[97] |
Brooklyn, USA New York, USA |
| Longer time to obtain a protective order in IDVC (compared to traditional 2-court process) |
Rickard 2011 |
New York, USA |
| Equal number of protective orders issued by IDVC as in traditional two-court system |
Rickard 2011 |
New York, USA |
| Settlement (dismissals and guilty pleas) more likely in IDVC than criminal court comparison |
Rempel and Katz 2011 Picard-Fritsche et al. 2011 |
New York, USA New York, USA |
| Decrease in family conflict for IDVC participants (compared to those in the traditional two-court process) |
Coll and Stewart 2007 |
Idaho USA |
| More changes in parenting arrangements following conclusion of IDVC case compared to traditional 2-court process[98] |
Birnbaum et al. 2017 |
Toronto, Canada |
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