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Shortly after taking office in 2014, District Attorney Hoovler established the Misdemeanors Matter Domestic Violence Program, to ensure that misdemeanor domestic violence cases are handled with the special attention and expertise that those serious cases deserve.
The Program is handled by a team from the Special Victims Unit, comprised of a supervising assistant district attorney who administers the program, and two additional assistant district attorneys who handle the day-to-day caseload under the program.
Going forward, District Attorney Hoovler plans to take his office’s domestic violence enforcement efforts to the next level. The District Attorney will be exploring an Intimate Partner Violence Initiative, using the principles of focused deterrence pioneered by the National Network for Safe Communities, a program of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Focused deterrence identifies the offenders most likely to engage in domestic violence, targets those offenders for enhanced enforcement efforts, and uses those offenders as examples for other offenders.
Using the focused deterrence approach, authorities in other jurisdictions around the country have reduced the prevalence of domestic violence. High Point, North Carolina, for example, has reduced its incidence of domestic violence re-offense to approximately one-third the national average.