Section 13731 Of Chapter 4. Data Collection From California Penal Code >> Title 5. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 4.
13731
. (a) The San Diego Association of Governments may serve as
the regional clearinghouse for criminal justice data involving
domestic violence. The association may obtain monthly crime
statistics from all law enforcement agencies in San Diego County.
These law enforcement agencies may include their domestic violence
supplements in the monthly crime reports that are supplied to the
association. The association may obtain client-based data regarding
clients or victims of domestic violence who seek protection in San
Diego County shelters.
(b) Contingent upon the appropriation of funds therefor, the
association shall do all of the following:
(1) Create a standardized, uniform intake form, to be referred to
as a Compilation of Research and Evaluation Intake Instrument, also
known as C.O.R.E., for use in San Diego County's domestic violence
shelters. This form shall be completed and ready to use in the field
for data collection purposes not later than March 31, 1997. The
C.O.R.E. intake form shall be standardized to compile the same
information from all clients for all shelters.
(2) Collect and analyze the standardized, uniform intake form in
order to compile information including, but not limited to, victim
sociodemographic characteristics, descriptions of domestic violence
incidents pertaining to each victim and services needed by domestic
violence shelter clients within San Diego County.
(3) Use the collected client-based data to describe the nature and
scope of violence from the perspective of domestic violence shelter
clients and to determine the service needs of clients and what gaps
in service delivery exist, so that resources can be appropriately
targeted and allocated. All data supplied to the association shall be
stripped of any information regarding the personal identity of an
individual to protect the privacy of domestic violence shelter
clients.
(4) Establish an advisory committee in order to facilitate the
research effort and to assess the value of the research project. The
advisory committee shall consist of representation from the shelters,
as well as members of the San Diego County Domestic Violence
Council, local justice administrators, and the principal
investigator. The advisory committee shall meet at least four times
before April 30, 1999, to review the progress of the research,
including research methodology, data collection instruments,
preliminary analyses, and work product as they are drafted. Advisory
committee members shall evaluate the final research product in terms
of applicability and utility of findings and recommendations.