REDUCING DUAL ARRESTS:                   

Lessons from Rhode Island

FOUR STRATEGIES TO LOWER DUAL ARREST RATE

INTENT OF MANDATORY ARREST LAWS

UNINTENDED EFFECTS:                                WHY DUAL ARRESTS DON’T WORK

FOUR STRATEGIES TO LOWER DUAL ARREST RATE

‘PRIMARY AGGRESSOR’                      (could be ‘significant’ or ‘dominant’)

CONNECTICUT FAMILY VIOLENCE
PREVENTION ACT (1986)

CT MANDATORY ARREST AMENDMENT (2004)

CT MANDATORY ARREST AMENDMENT (2004) – cont.

RHODE ISLAND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT (1988)

FOUR STRATEGIES TO LOWER DUAL ARREST RATE

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POLICE TRAININGS

‘TRAINING FOR TRAINERS’:                      BASIC POINTS RE: VICTIMS

‘TRAINING FOR TRAINERS’:                      BASIC POINTS RE: VICTIMS (cont.)

TRAINING FOR TRAINERS’:                      BASIC POINTS RE: ABUSERS

FOUR STRATEGIES TO LOWER DUAL ARREST RATE

PROVIDENCE PD DUAL ARREST RATES

STATEWIDE DUAL ARREST RATES

DUAL ARREST RATE COMPARISON OF EIGHT POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN 2001

DUAL ARREST RATE COMPARISON OF EIGHT POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN 2004

FOUR STRATEGIES TO LOWER DUAL ARREST RATE

KEEPING TRACK OF DUAL ARRESTS

FOUR STRATEGIES TO LOWER DUAL ARREST RATE

CONTACT INFORMATION

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING AND MONITORING UNIT

WEB ADDRESS

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING AND MONITORING UNIT

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REDUCING DUAL ARRESTS:                   

Lessons from Rhode Island

CONTACT INFORMATION