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Arrest, prosecution deter domestic violence SECTION 2- PAGE • • PLAINDEALER • WEDNE8DAY. DECEMBER 14, 1WT Arrest and aggressive prosecution successfully deter repeat incidents of domestic violence, a panel of criminal justice speakers told Illinois police, prosecutors and judges at a recent conference in Springfield. Police Chief Reuben Green- berg, of Charleston, South Carolina, stated, "This ex­ pansion of police authority is a ' critical step in preventing further abuse. By arresting more abusers, police officers communicate to the parties that the abuser has committed a crime, that the victim has a right not to be beaten, and that the criminal justice system will take action to stop the violence." Greenberg reported that a recent Police Foundation study in Minneapolis, Minn, found arrest to be more than twice as effective in deterring future acts of violence than either mediation or separating the parties. The latter are traditional policies used by police in domestic cases. Panel member Kathleen Quinn noted that domestic violence is a serious and per­ vasive social problem which affects cne in four families and results in the deaths of 40 per­ cent of all the women who are murdered in this country. In 95 percent of cases of partner abuse, the problem is a man beating a woman, she added. Prosecutor Jeanine Pirro, of Westchester County, New York, whose office does not permit domestic violence charges to be dropped once they are filed, said that their aggressive prosecution policies have resulted in 82 percent of the abuse victims following through with prosecution, and in 94 percent of their abusers being convicted. Most abusers plead guilty rather than go to trial. Where charges are not filed and where the victim agrees, the Westchester County prosecutor often sends the batterer a letter warning him that his conduct could lead to criminal charges. Judge William Sweeney of Duluth, Minn., reported that police in his area follow a mandatory arrest policy in domestic cases, and both vic­ tims and abusers are referred to services. Of the batterers arrested by Duluth police of­ ficers, 70 percent plead guilty to the offense. In the first year of the strict Duluth policy, repeat calls to the same victims dropped 25 percent, and in the second year they fell by an additional 23 percent. The panel also pointed out to the 150 conference participants that a number of law en­ forcement agencies have been sued in recent years for failing to adequately respond to and protect domestic violence victims. A number of specific recommendations on improving the response of the Illinois justice system to domestic violence were n^ade by the conference participants. These included mandatory arrest policies, and prosecutor rather than the victim signing the charges, greater use of the Illinois Domestic Violence Act, improved legal and support services for victims, and the development of treatment services for abusers. general News o State grants third associate judge Chief Judge Jack Hoogasian of the 19th Judicial Circuit announces that the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois has approved and granted his request for the allocation of an additional permissive associate judgeship to this Circuit. The approval of the allocation of one additional permissive associate judgeship to the 19th Judicial Circuit will give a total of 20 associate judgeships from the present figure of 19. Three will be permissive associate judgeships. 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