Sometimes the plan involved working with the district attorney to prioritize a suspect for prosecution or notifying the suspect ’ s probation officer . In other situations ( ongoing verbal abuse , or crimes with little evidence ) Agent Rosario met with the victims , suspects , and people with influence over the offenders such as parents and siblings , to try to stop the behavior . In one instance , Agent Rosario worked with a severely disabled suspect who physically abused his wife even though he was confined to a wheelchair . To remind the suspect that police would continue to check on her safety until the violence stopped , his wife taped a project flier to their bathroom wall with a note to that effect . The victim told Agent Rosario that the situation eventually improved to the point that she was able to take the flier down .
Positive Outcomes
• During the six months after the project was in place for a year , Domestic Violence crime went down 24 % in the test area ; during the same period there was little change in Domestic Violence crime in the comparison area
• 88 % of people involved in verbal-only Domestic Violence calls said things had gotten better since the police response
• 92 % indicated they would call police again for help
• 97 % of Domestic Violence victims in the test area were satisfied with the police response
• The project has led to additional efforts . For example , the San Diego County District Attorney ’ s Office has partnered with the San Diego Sheriff ’ s Department on a new focused deterrence initiative . ■
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* Pseudonym This project was supported by Grant No . 2013-DB-BX-0033 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance . The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs , which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics , the National Institute of Justice , the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention , the Office for Victims of Crime , and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing , Monitoring , Apprehending , Registering , and Tracking . Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U . S . Department of Justice .
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The 24 % reduction was statistically significant at the 99 % confidence level .
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