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SATI e-News: January 27,2003
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San
Diego City Attorney named to National Advisory Committee;
City Opens Innovative Domestic Violence Center |
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Attorney General John Ashcroft
welcomed San Diego City Attorney Casey Gwinn as one of 30
appointees to the National Advisory Committee on Violence
Against Women. The Attorney General re-chartered the Committee,
now in its eighth year, and charged it with the responsibility
of guiding the Departments of Justice and Health and Human
Services in developing promising practices and innovative
programs to prevent violence against women.
Ashcroft recognized Gwinn for his role in founding the
innovative Family Justice Center, which opened last October. The
Center is the shared vision of Gwinn and San Diego Police Chief
David Bejarano. It is a "one stop shop" for domestic violence
victims, grouping all specialized services into a centralized
location, and is thought to be the first such model in the
country.
The Center houses the entire Police Department's Domestic
Violence Unit (38) and its Prosecutorial Domestic Violence Unit
(31). In addition, an on-site Forensic Medical Unit operated by
Grossmont Hospital Sharp HealthCare will document and treat
victim injuries.
The Family Justice Center was featured last week on the
nationally syndicated Oprah Winfrey Show in a two-day series,
How To Stop Violence in the American Family. Gwinn was one
of the experts who appeared on the show. The Center's media
partners--Cox Communications, San Diego Business Journal,
KGTV/San Diego's 10 and Newsradio 600 KOGO--helped develop its
publicity campaign.
San Diego's Domestic Violence Unit has long been recognized as a
national model, and is partly attributed to the 70% drop in
domestic violence homicides in the city over the past ten years.
Gwinn headed the DV unit for ten years before being elected City
Attorney in 1996. The Unit is now run by Gael Strack. Both Gwinn
and Strack have been featured speakers at the last two
International Conferences on Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault
and Stalking, and will appear at this year's conference as well,
April 23 - 25 in San Diego.
Sources:
Remarks of Attorney General John Ashcroft at the Annual
Symposium on Domestic Violence, October 29, 2002.
Family Justice Center Web Site
Casey Gwinn bio
Gael Strack bio
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