Colorado

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State Overview

Domestic Violence Legislation:	Yes (13-14-101)
NIBRS Status:	Certified
Additional Data Elements	Yes
Law Enforcement DV System:	Incident-based
Service Provider DV System:	Summary
Service Provider SA System:	Summary

State Summary

The state's domestic violence legislation does include same-sex relationships. The state is certified by the FBI to submit NIBRS data and additional data elements are collected. Law enforcement agencies submit data to the Colorado Department of Public Safety Bureau of Investigation; these data are then used in the annual state crime report. Approximately 70% of the state's local law enforcement agencies report incident-based data to the state; the other agencies do not report any additional domestic or sexual violence information. The Bureau also maintains the state database of protection orders. Stalking data are not collected but are instead combined with intimidation incidents.

The Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault does not provide services nor does it collect any information; rather, the Coalition provides training and services to its member organizations. Like most states, service providers submit data to the agencies that provide funds as part of their grant requirements. In Colorado, the Department of Public Safety, Department of Human Services Domestic Abuse Assistance Program, and Department of Public Health and Environment's Sexual Assault Prevention Program collect data. The Department of Human Services collects aggregate data from the pdf document 40 service providers it funds, covering roughly 70% of the local agencies providing domestic violence services. These data are published in an annual report and shared with the Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the public upon request.

State Projects

No current state projects.

Available Reports

General Crime

Colorado Bureau of Investigation. (Annual). Crime in Colorado.
Office for Victims Programs. (Annual). Colorado victim compensation annual report. Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Office of Research and Statistics. (2005). Crime and justice in Colorado 2004. Colorado Department of Public Safety.

Domestic Violence

Colorado Bureau of Investigation. (Annual). Supplemental domestic violence report.
Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence. (2006). Mandatory reporting by health care professionals.
Domestic Violence Offender Management Board. (2006). Preliminary report on the findings from the Domestic Violence Offender Management Board Data Collection Project: An analysis of offenders in court-ordered treatment. Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Colorado Domestic Violence Offender Management Board. (2005). Standards for treatment with court ordered domestic violence offenders. Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Colorado Domestic Violence Offender Management Board. (2003). Report to the Judiciary Committees, Senate and House of Representatives. Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Uekert, B. K. (2003). La Plata County, Colorado, arrest policies project: A process evaluation. NCJ 201868. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.
Uekert, B. K. (2003). Process evaluation of the Pueblo Domestic Violence Project. NCJ 201885. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.
Abrams, M. L., Belknap, J., and Melton, H. C. (2001). When domestic violence kills: The formation and findings of the Denver Metro Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee. Project Safeguard.
Uchida, C. D., Putnam, C. A., Mastrofski, J., Soloman, S., and Dawson, D. (2001). Evaluating a multi-disciplinary response to domestic violence: The DVERT Program in Colorado Springs. NCJ 190231. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.
Berk, R. A., Campbell, A., Klap, R., and Western, B. (1992). A Bayesian analysis of the Colorado Springs spouse abuse experiment. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, 83: 170 - 200.
Colorado Springs Police Department. (1988). Colorado Springs spouse assault replication project, final report. Washington, DC: United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice. NCJ 139735.
Black, H., Berk, R., Lily, J., Owenbey, R., and Rikoski, G. (1986). Evaluating alternative police responses to spouse assault in Colorado Springs, CO: An enhanced replication of the Minneapolis experiment, 1987-1989. Washington, DC: United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice.

Sexual Assault

Department of Public Health and Environment. (Annual). Injury in Colorado: Homicide and assault.
Rape Assistance and Awareness Program. (Annual). Annual report.
Sex Offender Management Board. (2004). Report on safety issues raised by living arrangements for and location of sex offenders in the community. Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Office of Research and Statistics. (2003). Evaluation of Colorado's prison therapeutic community for sex offenders: A report of findings. Colorado Department of Public Safety.
English, K., Jones, L., Pasini-Hill, D., Patrick, D., and Cooley-Towell, S. (2000). The value of polygraph testing in sex offender management. Colorado Department of Public Safety.
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault. (1999). Sexual assault in Colorado: Results of a 1998 statewide survey.

Sample Data Collection Forms

The Colorado Domestic Violence Offender Management Board collects domestic violent offender information using this form:

Client Data Collection Form

The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice collects summary information on the number of victims of specific offenses that are served by agencies receiving VOCA funds using this form:

VOCA Assistance Quarterly Statistical and Narrative Report

The Colorado Division of Criminal Justice also collects summary information on the number and demographics of victims served by agencies receiving VAWA funds using this form: