A Familiar Crime: Domestic Violence Case Processing and Recidivism in a Large Urban Jurisdiction

Abstract Domestic violence (DV) remains an underreported crime that can be challenging to process in the criminal justice system. Moreover, DV is often a repeated crime problem that leaves victims at continued risk, raising questions about the effectiveness of criminal justice system intervention in reducing future violence. Despite this prevalence, there is a dearth of studies examining DV criminal case processing and recidivism. The current study describes case processing (e.g., pretrial relea