TABLE 1. Percentage of Cases in Which a New Incident of Abusea Was Reported in Victim Interview During 1-Year Study Period and Percentage of Those Cases Reported to the Criminal Justice System and Involving Either a Restraining Order Violation or a New Physical Assault (N = 119)
|
% |
(N event/N total cases) |
|
| New incident of abuse reported in victim interview |
49.6 |
(59/119) |
| New incident of abuse reported to criminal justice system |
42.5 |
(25/59) |
| New incident of restraining order violation reported to criminal justice system |
50.0 |
(21/42) |
| New incident of physical assault reported to criminal justice system |
23.5 |
(4/17) |
|
a New incidents included violations of one or more of the conditions of an existing restraining order, physical assaults, and eight cases in which a victim denied an abusive incident but took out a restraining order against a defendant because of increasing fear of the defendant.
