Committee
Meeting Notes,
Participants |
Janet Seminerio Women’s Crisis Support – Defensa de Mujeres Joanne De Los Reyes Women’s Crisis Support – Defensa de Mujeres David Rabow Women’s Crisis Support –Defensa de Mujeres Alex Calvo Alan Hiromura County Administrator’s Office Scott MacDonald Probation Jennifer Buesing Probation Fred Nohr DA’s Office Patty King Family & Children’s Services |
Artwork for report cover |
Two pieces of art were reviewed and discussed. Group members will review a third piece, entitled, “Hands are not for hitting,” at the next meeting. Once we’ve selected the artwork that we want to include in the publication, Alan will elicit assistance from a graphic designer for advice. Group members are encouraged
to bring other images to the next meeting for consideration. |
Data Discussion |
We reviewed a body of data provided by various agencies. The data shows some discrepancies. The report narrative will explain these discrepancies. The task at this meeting was to review the existing statistics for accuracy, and to begin to understand discrepancies in the data from agency to agency. Possible causes of discrepancies include variations in methods of data collection from agency to agency, and the variety of databases used to collect the information. All group members are encouraged to carefully review their own data, and to contact other agency representatives or helpful individuals to resolve discrepancies. Helpful contact persons: · Sylvia Nieto - from DA Victim Services · Susan Rosario from Sheriff’s office – for law enforcement statistics Specific issues discussed: · Advocacy agencies may be interpreting the same question differently therefore there may be an inconsistency in the data collected. · Susan Rosario, Sheriff’s Office, will review the Law Enforcement Agency statistics to ensure that any variances are not attributable to inconsistency in data collection. · Child witness section: Law enforcement data conflicts with child witness information; child welfare tracks data by family, while law enforcement agencies may track data by numbers of children affected. Patty King will contact Susan Rosario. · Law Enforcement Agencies
include various penal code sections in response to their questions in the
questionnaire. Fred Nohr will verify
that there is consistency in data collection among the law enforcement
agencies. · Court section: Criminal protective orders are an
important aspect of understanding domestic violence. Alex Calvo will find out if that
information is available so that it may be included as well as the civil
domestic violence data in the 2005 Report to the Community. · Court section: Question #20 in the court section: Alan
will delete that from the stats unless he hears otherwise. · Court section: Can
the court implement a system to track whether a Restraining Order packet is
filed with the aid of an advocate?
Alex will determine that. · Court section:
Will the Courts be able to provide criminal court statistics? · Probation: As a result of a decrease in POs, probation is unable to maintain a separate unit for DV cases. This makes data collection more difficult. They track only DV-coded cases now. · Probation: Probation raised the question of whether we needed the body of data regarding percentage of probationers referred to DV programs? The data does not include the number of people who leave probation. Per Alan – if data is not helpful to Probation, the committee will consider eliminating it. · Probation: their section of the report will include a larger picture of their best practice versus what occurs now. · Probation: Probation handles all DV convictions, monitors 52-week DV intervention, referral clients and agencies serving clients. Probation will confirm data from service providers. Per Alan – we also need the number of probationers completing treatment programs and the number who left the program without completing. |
General questions, comments about the report |
· As questions arise, group members should try to answer the questions, or raise them in the report. It may fall to the Commission to obtain answers to certain questions. Report writers can include questions in their section of the report. · Everyone should address this information in their respective sections of the report: 1) Do the statistics show a decrease in the overall number of cases coming in to the system this year? If so, why? 2) How does data from each of the agencies relate to the other agencies’ data? |
Topics for Next Agenda |
1) Specific questions from the questionnaire to be added or deleted. 2)
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Next Meeting |
CAO Conference Room 520 |