FAMILY VIOLENCE COUNCIL

Co-Chair: Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Lt. Governor

Co-Chair: J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General

Vice-Chair: Albert J. Matricciani, Jr., Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court

Appointed by Attorney General & Lt. Governor: Carole J. Alexander; James V. Aluisi; F. Vernon Boozer; Lorraine Chase; Bonita J. Dancy; Sherry DePietro; A. Susan Fernandez, Esq.; Thomas C. Frazier; Robert A. Gordon, Esq.; Carolyn Graham; Sharon M. Grosfeld; Barry A. Hamilton, Esq.; Susanne Hayman, Esq.; Sue Hecht; Jann Jackson; Patricia C. Jessamy, Esq.; Delores G. Kelley; W. Roland Knapp; Susan P. Leviton, Esq.; Rose Matricciani; Joseph P. McCurdy, Jr.; Col. David B. Mitchell; Kenneth C. Montague, Jr.; Jane C. Murphy, Esq.; Constance Pullen; Irma S. Raker; Martha F. Rasin; Mary Ellen T. Rinehardt; Keith N. Schiszik, Esq.; Dennis M. Sweeney; Tony W. Torain, Esq.; Barbara R. Trader, Esq.; David W. Weissert.

Co-Chair

CRIMINAL PROCESS COMMITTEE
Susanne Hayman, Esq., Co-Chair
Jann Jackson, Co-Chair

INITIAL RESPONSE COMMITTEE
Carolyn Graham, Co-Chair
Col. David B. Mitchell, Co-Chair

JUVENILE PROCESS COMMITTEE
Susan P. Leviton, Esq., Co-Chair
Joseph P. McCurdy, Jr., Co-Chair

POST-DISPOSITION COMMITTEE
Constance Pullen, Co-Chair
Irma S. Raker, Co-Chair

Rachel Wohl, Esq., Project Director

c/o Office of Attorney General
200 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202-2021
(410) 576-6953

Report to Governor & General Assembly due Nov. 1996.

The Family Violence Council was organized by the Lt. Governor and the Attorney General in 1995. The Council seeks ways to reduce and prevent family violence. It is evaluating Maryland's criminal and civil laws concerned with family violence. Using the model code developed by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges as a guide, the Council will recommend reforms to strengthen the laws, their enforcement, and programs that support families and protect victims. With the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention, the Council will develop long-range plans for funds available through the Federal Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

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