Policing Domestic Violence

Name: Policing Domestic Violence
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ISBN: 9780029287316

ISBN-10: 0029287316

ISBN-13: 9780029287316

Edition: 1992

Authors: Lawrence W. Sherman

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"Domestic conflict is the largest single cause of violence in America, yet police have traditionally been reluctant to make arrests for such assaults. In the past decade, however, that reluctance has been overcome, with a 70% increase in arrests for minor assaults, heavily concentrated among low-income and minority groups. Spearheading this nationwide crackdown are the 15 states and the District of Columbia which have adopted unprecedented statutes mandating arrest in cases of misdemeanor domestic battery." "In Policing Domestic Violence, criminologist Lawrence Sherman confronts the tough questions raised by this controversial approach to a complex social problem. How should police respond…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Free Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 443
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Does Arrest Deter Domestic Violence?


Policing Violence, Domestic or Not


Why Are Controlled Experiments Important?


The Minneapolis Experiment


The Replication Dilemma: Turning Research into Policy


The Different Communities Dilemma: Six More Experiments


The Different Folks Dilemma: Deter Some, Escalate Others


The Timing Dilemma: Danger Now or Danger Later?


The Chronic Cases Dilemma: Privacy or Prevention?


Controlling Domestic Violence


Appendix 1. The Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment


Appendix 2. The Milwaukee Domestic Violence Experiment


Section 1. Constructing a Social Experiment


Section 2. Three Police Responses: Not a Rashomon Story


Section 3. From Initial Deterrence to Long-Term Escalation: Short-Custody Arrest for Poverty Ghetto Domestic Violence


Section 4. Crime, Punishment, and Stakes in Conformity: Legal and Extralegal Control of Domestic Violence


Notes


References


Index