The review includes all
legislation enacted up to October 20, 2000. Laws enacted after that date are not
included herein. This review did not examine civil laws such as those providing
for protective orders (except for those laws directly relating to the operation
of the criminal justice system). See infra, note 46, for books discussing
this topic. For yet another type of civil law enactment, see Jeffrey Even, Washingtons
Address Confidentiality Program: Relocation assistance for Victims of Domestic
Violence, 31 Gonzaga L. Rev. 523 (1995). Even within the justice system
context, many laws have been left out as secondary to our focus on arrest and
prosecution. See, e.g., OklA. Stat. tit. 10 § 1211 (requiring judicial
training on domestic violence); Idaho Crim. Rules, Rule 33.4 (setting standards
for evaluation of batterers who were found guilty); Ala. Code § 30-6-3
(prosecutor duties include certifying domestic violence facilities for state
funding); Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 46b-38b (a) (firearm seizure); Minn. Stat.
Ann. § 634.20 (evidence law provision allowing testimony about defendant's
prior domestic violence in domestic violence prosecution).