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The following
practices were submitted to the Best Practices Institute during the
summer/fall of 2001 and updated during the summer/fall of 2002. Please
also check the nominations of “multiple
practices” for more information on linkages with comprehensive
victim advocacy and services.
The
key below explains the ratings:
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Rating
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Rating
Descriptions
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Innovations and pilots;
no supporting data available at this time.
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Practices that have been
in operations for at least three years; some supporting information (e.g., endorsements, awards, replication basic statistics)
available.
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Practices that have been
replicated numerous times or that have evaluation data to
demonstrate effectiveness.
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Seventeenth
Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Florida
(BPI #010).
Additional
information from contact: Jurisdiction has a population of 1.8 million
full time residents. The practices are within the Family Division of
the Circuit Court which has 9 judges and 3 additional judges who do
only domestic violence cases. Staff processes an average of 900 civil
protection orders a month. The practice can be scaled to work in
nearly any size circuit.
Eighteenth
Judicial Circuit, Brevard County, Florida (BPI #019)
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