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- Creators: Arizona. Supreme Court. Committee on the Impact of Domestic Violence and the Courts
- Creators: Dickey, Linda
- Creators: Heffernon, Rick
The purpose of this guide is to give the professionals in our criminal justice system guidance, ideas, resources, and support in establishing best practices in domestic violence cases in their part of the system.
In the fall of 1995, the City of Phoenix Police Department convened a special group of people known to be deeply involved with the social and personal aspects of domestic violence. This group, which came to be called the Phoenix Police Department's Joint Task Force on Domestic Violence, consisted of police and criminal justice personnel, social service and health care providers, and a number of interested community members. Task Force members soon began earnest discussions on how best to reduce the incidence of domestic violence-a crime that is, sadly, the number one call for police service in the City of Phoenix.