CSAC’s Administration of Justice Policy Committee has established
a task force to review domestic violence batterer intervention
programs. The long-term goal is to reduce recidivism by
supporting the most effective programs. The task force will hold
its first meeting next week with stakeholders represented from
Supervisors, Chief Probation Officers, District Attorneys,
advocates against domestic violence, domestic violence
intervention program providers, and the judicial council.
The goal of the task force is to review California’s batterer
intervention programs; look at what other states provide for
batterer intervention programs; review any research that looks at
evidence-based batterer intervention programs; and go through
California’s domestic violence batterer intervention statutes to
see what changes are needed. The task force will meet through the
end of the year with the goal of sponsoring legislation in 2017
in this area. For additional information on the task force,
please contact Darby
Kernan.
