741.32 Batterers’ intervention programs.—The Legislature finds that the incidence of domestic violence in this state is disturbingly high and that, despite the efforts of many to curb this violence, one person dies at the hands of a spouse, ex-spouse, or cohabitant approximately every 3 days. Further, a child who witnesses the perpetration of this violence becomes a victim as he or she hears or sees it occurring. This child is at high risk of also being the victim of physical abuse by the parent who is perpetrating the violence and, to a lesser extent, by the parent who is the victim. These children are also at a high risk of perpetrating violent crimes as juveniles and, later, becoming perpetrators of the same violence that they witnessed as children. The Legislature finds that there should be standardized programming available to the justice system to protect victims and their children and to hold the perpetrators of domestic violence accountable for their acts. To ensure statewide consistency in such programming, the Department of Children and Families shall certify and monitor batterers’ intervention programs to be used by the justice system. Finally, the Legislature recognizes that in order for batterers’ intervention programs to be successful in protecting victims and their children, all participants in the justice system as well as social service agencies and local and state governments must coordinate their efforts at the community level.
...As found by the Legislature, “the incidence of domestic violence in Florida is disturbingly high, and despite efforts of many to curb this violence, ... one person dies at the hands of a spouse, ex-spouse, or cohabitant approximately every 3 days.” § 741.32(1), Fla....
Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
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ordered BIPs—not that of therapists and their patients. As a thresh-
old matter, court-ordered BIPs are not therapy or treatment; they
are instructional programming. See Fla. Stat. § 741.32 (2024)....
Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 413811
...Attends and completes a certified batterer’s intervention program. Respondent may attend a program in the jurisdiction of his choosing, but said program must be comparable to the batterer’s intervention program administered in the state of Florida under Chapter 65H-2, Florida Administrative Code, Section 741.32, Florida Statutes, Section 741.325, Florida Statutes, Section 741.327, Florida Statutes....
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