The purpose of this exploratory study is to better understand the process by which the domestic violence (DV) cases (misdemeanor and felony) are “flagged” in the state court administrative record data set, to profile those cases, and to compare recidivism rates of those who received DV treatment with those who did not. Because we were unable to identify with confidence cases referred to DV treatment, we identified a comparison group of non-DV cases and analyzed recidivism.
