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Evaluating a Collaborative Intervention Between Health Care and Criminal Justice in Harris County, Texas, 2001-2002

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Principal Investigator(s): McFarlane, Judith; Malecha, Ann

Summary: This study sought to evaluate the Advocacy-Case Management Intervention designed to increase victim safety and the efficiency of the protection order process. The intervention was performed by registered nurses as part of a collaborative partnership between justice and health care agencies. A two-group experimental design using random assignments to control and experimental groups was used. The study subjects were women who qualified for a civil protection order against a sexual intimate.... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03542.v1

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