Specialization in Criminal Courts
利用2000-2006年田纳西州戴维森县的轻罪案件行政数据，评估了专门的家庭暴力法庭的效果，发现与普通法庭相比，专门法庭的被告更可能选择审判但定罪率更低，受害者更少再遭家暴且更愿配合警方。
<h3>Abstract</h3> We evaluate specialized domestic violence (DV) courts using administrative data on misdemeanor cases in Davidson County, TN between 2000-2006. We find that DV defendants arbitrarily assigned to specialized courts are more likely go to trial, and less likely to be convicted, than those in traditional court. DV victims in cases assigned to specialized courts are less likely to be involved in future DV incidents, but more likely to cooperate with police than those assigned to traditional courts. Defendants assigned to DV vs. traditional courts are no more or less likely to be charged with a future crime.