Domestic Violence Documentation

In the article, "An Evaluation of Police Compliance with Domestic Violence Documentation Policy Reform: Improving the Identification of Exposed Children," by John P. Shields it explains how a new reform changed the way police document domestic violence situations. In the 60's and 70's police documentation was inadequate. The police had a lack of interest, they collected little evidence, classified the situation as a misdemeanor, and barely arrested anyone. On top of that departments didn't usually train officers to identify children that had been exposed to domestic violence, so this made it difficult to further any actions. In 2003, San Fransisco Police Department revised its documentation policy regarding domestic violence. The revised