HELD IN 1977, THE CONFERENCE PANELISTS REPRESENTING LAW ENFORCEMENT, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY AND LEGAL SERVICES, WOMEN'S SHELTERS, VICTIMS, MEDICAL EXPERTS, AND PSYCHOLOGY EXPERTS PRESENTED EXPERTISE ON THE SUBJECT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. PRELIMINARY SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE INDICATED THAT THE FOLLOWING AREAS WERE OF GREATEST INTEREST TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, PUBLIC AGENCIES, AND THE PUBLIC: LAW ENFORCEMENT CRISIS INTERVENTION TECHNIQUES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, RESPONSE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, ALTERNATIVES TO PROSECUTION IN BATTERING CASES, AND EMERGENCY AND LONG-TERM SERVICES AVAILABLE TO VICTIMS AND THEIR CHILDREN. TOPICS ADDRESSED IN THE SIX CONFERENCE PANELS WERE THE PROBLEM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN GENERAL, LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCEDURES FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, DEVELOPMENTS IN CRISIS INTERVENTION TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATION TO DEAL WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROBLEMS, AND THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (CONCILIATION COURTS, LEGAL SERVICES TO VICTIMS AND WITNESSES, MODELS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATION, POLICE REFERRALS, MEDICAL SERVICES, SHELTERS FOR BATTERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN, CHILD CARE, UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS, FUNDING SPECIAL SERVICES TO VICTIMS AND TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DYNAMICS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CRISIS INTERVENTION. (DEP)