State and Federal Domestic Violence Legislation

Running Head: Unit 9 Assignment 1

Unit 9 Writing Assignment

Dale Hayes

Kaplan University

CJ333 Family and Domestic Violence: State and Federal Domestic Violence Legislation

Professor Jennifer Hulvat

December 16, 2012

Running Head: Unit 9 Assignment 2

California Penal Code Section 1203.97

This legislation was passed in 1994 which changed the minimum sentencing for people convicted of Domestic Violence and received probation. In California ninety percent of the offenders arrested in 2000 for felony Domestic Violence are in the probation system in the county where they were arrested and convicted. The reason for PC 1203.97 was to change the way probationers are monitored by the officers assigned to their case. This would make sure that every effort was made to keep them from reoffending. This penal code section has been added to over the past several years (California Womens Law Center, 2011).

The following terms are the most current for offenders who are on probation in California they are as follows. An offender cannot receive a probation term of less than three years. The court must issue a protection order that prohibits the probationer from any further violence against the victim. The probationer must show the court that they have enrolled in a 52 week program for the prevention of domestic violence. The victim is also to receive a report from the court stating what the disposition of the case is (California Womens Law Center, 2011).

The treatment center has to report to the court how the probationer is doing in the program on a quarterly basis. The treatment program has to be completed in 18 months with the stipulation that they go to class on a weekly basis unless they are excused by the probation officer. They cannot be excused more them three time through the...