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Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice (MOCJ) - The Mayor's Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee

We help develop new solutions and better responsiveness to domestic violence victims.

Domestic Violence is pervasive throughout our society, and it occurs between people of all backgrounds; it also a leading cause of injury to women and children. The Domestic Violence Coordinating Committee (DVCC) is a product of a Task Force convened in 1984 by the Mayor’s Office to gather information on the growing number of domestic violence cases in Baltimore City. Today the DVCC helps identify and implement improvements in system response to domestic violence and sexual assault through legislation, education, and policy development. The DVCC is overseen by the Baltimore City Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

Committee representatives include participants from:

The goals of the committee are:

Participating Agencies

Baltimore Police Department Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice Johns Hopkins Hospital
Office of the State's Attorney TurnAround, Inc. Johns Hopkins School of Nursing
Baltimore City Circuit Court Family Division Division of Parole & Probation Mercy Medical Center
District Court for Baltimore City Pretrial Release Services Office of the Public Defender
House of Ruth Maryland Emergency Nurse's Association Women's Law Center of Maryland
University of Maryland Hospital Johns Hopkins Bayview Sinai Hospital

For more information on Baltimore City's Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence, please e-mail kristen.mahoney@baltimorepolice.org

Mon. October 13, 2008

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