Criminology · 1990 · 249 citations · 9 references
Social SciencesCriminologyPsychologyCrimePolicingVictimologyCriminal JusticeDomestic Violence VictimizationPolice PsychologySexual AssaultViolenceDomestic Violence PolicingEmpirical Survival AnalysisOffending PatternsPolice Response To Domestic ViolenceRepeat Offending AnalysisVictim-offender Dynamics
This paper reports on a replication of the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment in Omaha, Nebraska. Suspects who were eligible for the experiment were randomly assigned to one of three police dispositions: mediation, separation, or arrest. No differences by disposition were found in prevalence or frequency of repeat offending, using jive measures of recidivism to assess outcome six months after police intervention. A survival analysis, using three of the measures for which dates of failure were available, also produced no differences by disposition
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