What is Best Practice for…Victim-Witness Services, Bail Setting, and Pre-Trial Release?

Many communities can now look back on a coordinated community response to domestic violence that spans twenty years or more. Still others are relatively new to the linkages, communication, relationships, and policy and practice changes that characterize a “CCR.” Regardless of where a community sits on this continuum, the ever-present question is: How are we doing? Are we making things better or worse? Are we centralizing and strengthening safety for victims? Do our efforts enhance or diminish offender accountability? What about the accountability of community agencies and systems for their response? What is the best approach to…? The Domestic Violence Best Practice Assessment Guides have been designed to assist CCRs in answering such questions. The guides detail a process for a community to engage in a review of the criminal legal system response to domestic violence-related cases using checklists of core practices, reflecting what is found in the Blueprint for Safety. This webinar will feature three forthcoming guides Praxis has developed to help teams assess their victim-witness services, bail setting, and pre-trial release recommendations.