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Disarming Batterers Through Restraining Orders

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  • Paul L. Seave

    (Crime and Violence Prevention Center, California Attorney General's Office)

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Laws that prohibit persons under a domestic violence restraining order from purchasing or possessing a firearm are a primary way to keep guns out of the hands of batterers. In July 2005, the California Attorney General's Task Force on the Local Criminal Justice Response to Domestic Violence issued a report called Keeping the Promise: Victim Safety and Batterer Accountability. The report focused, in part, on the extent to which California's domestic violence restraining order system succeeds in disarming batterers. Restraining orders are the principal means by which the criminal justice system can accomplish this objective. The Task Force found that criminal justice agencies and the courts performed poorly in this area. The report strongly recommended that a more strategic, collaborative use of laws already on the books could significantly improve performance, without much additional expense. What follows is a summary of those finding and recommendations.

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  • Paul L. Seave, 2006. "Disarming Batterers Through Restraining Orders," Evaluation Review, , vol. 30(3), pages 245-265, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:30:y:2006:i:3:p:245-265
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X06287675
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    1. Sorenson, S.B. & Wiebe, D.J., 2004. "Weapons in the lives of battered women," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 94(8), pages 1412-1417.
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