Evaluating a Lethality Scale for the Seattle Police Department Domestic Violence Unit, 1995-1997

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marsha E. Wolf ◽  
Julie Stoner ◽  
Mary A. Kernic ◽  
Victoria L. Holt ◽  
Cathy Critchlow
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Police Department

The Role of Stalking in Domestic Violence Crime Reports Generated by the Colorado Springs Police Department

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Tjaden ◽  
Nancy Thoennes
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Male Victims ◽  
Female Victims ◽  
Colorado Springs ◽  
Police Investigation ◽  
Restraining Order ◽  
Households With Children ◽  
Crime Reports

A review of 1,785 domestic violence crime reports generated by the Colorado Springs Police Department found that 1 in 6 (16.5 percent) contained evidence the suspect stalked the victim. Female victims were significantly more likely than male victims to allege stalking by their partners (18.3 vs. 10.5 percent). Most stalkers were former rather than current intimates. Regardless of victims’ gender, reports with stalking allegations were significantly less likely to mention physical abuse or victim injury in the presenting condition, to involve households with children, or to involve victims and suspects who were using alcohol at the time of the report. Female victims who alleged stalking by their partner were significantly less likely than female victims who did not allege stalking to be emotionally distraught at the time of the report, but significantly more likely to have an active restraining order against the suspect, and to sign releases to facilitate the police investigation. Police almost never charged domestic violence stalking suspects with stalking, preferring instead to charge them with harassment or violation of a restraining order.

scholarly journals The Effect of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence and Assaults

2021 ◽  
pp. 073401682110611
Author(s):  
Mustafa Demir ◽  
Suyeon Park
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Interrupted Time Series ◽  
Series Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Calls For Service ◽  
Time Series Analyses ◽  
Significant Change

The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of COVID-19 on four outcomes including calls for service for domestic violence, calls for service for assaults, arrests for domestic violence, and arrests for assaults in Burlington, Vermont. The data for each outcome collected over the time periods January 2012 through May 2021 were obtained from the Burlington Police Department website and then a monthly time-series data set were created. The analyses including an independent samples t-test, a Poisson regression test, and a monthly interrupted time-series analyses (ITSA) were employed to test the effects of COVID-19 on the previously mentioned outcomes. The results of the ITSA showed that in the first month following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic violence calls statistically significantly increased, but no statistically significant change was observed in domestic violence arrests, while assault calls and assault arrests statistically significantly decreased. In addition, during COVID-19, there was a statistically significant decreasing trend in domestic violence calls and domestic violence arrests, while there was no statistically significant change in the trends of assault calls and assault arrests. The results suggest that COVID-19 had an immediate as well as a persistent effect on the numbers of domestic violence and assaults. The results and limitations of this study were also discussed.

scholarly journals When “Shelter-in-Place” Isn’t Shelter That’s Safe: A Rapid Analysis of Domestic Violence Case Differences During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Stay-at-Home Orders

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Molly M. McLay
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Rapid Analysis ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Residential Locations ◽  
Multiple Variables

AbstractPurposeThis study explored the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts on domestic violence (DV) with the following research questions: 1) Did DV occurring during the pandemic differ on certain variables from cases occurring on a typical day the previous year? 2) Did DV occurring after the implementation of shelter-in-place orders differ (on these same variables) from cases occurring prior to shelter-in-place orders?MethodsTwo logistic regression models were developed to predict DV case differences before and during the pandemic. DV reports (N = 4618) were collected from the Chicago Police Department. Cases from March 2019 and March 2020 were analyzed based on multiple variables. One model was set to predict case differences since the pandemic began, and another model was set to predict case differences during the shelter-inplace period later that month.ResultsBoth models were significant with multiple significant predictors. During the pandemic period, cases with arrests were 3% less likely to have occurred, and cases at residential locations were 22% more likely to have occurred. During the shelter-inplace period, cases at residential locations were 64% more likely to have occurred, and cases with child victims were 67% less likely to have occurred.ConclusionsThis study offers a rapid analysis of DV case differences since the pandemic and shelter-in-place began. Additional variables and data sources could improve model explanatory power. Research, policy, and practice in this area must pivot to focus on protecting children whose access to mandated reporters has decreased and moving victims out of dangerous living situations into safe spaces.

Police Response to Domestic Violence: The Influence of Extralegal Factors on Arrest Decisions

Partner Abuse ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Mele
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Police Department ◽  
The State ◽  
Police Response ◽  
Initial Analysis ◽  
Growing Body ◽  
Extralegal Factors ◽  
Victim Gender ◽  
Urban Police

AbstractThis study examines extralegal factors that predict arrest in domestic violence cases from one urban police department in the state of New Jersey. Initial analysis revealed that 40% of reported cases (N = 5,728) resulted in the suspect’s arrest. Bivariate analyses identified several predictors of arrest, including victim gender, victim/suspect relationship, cohabitation, and victim unemployment. At the multivariate level, cohabitation and victim unemployment were the strongest predictors of arrest. These findings are discussed in the context of a growing body of literature that examines the influence of extralegal factors on arrest decisions in domestic violence cases.

scholarly journals “QUEM AMA NÃO MATA”

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
pp. 174-201
Author(s):  
Dibiss Cassimiro Ximenes ◽  
Francisco Elionardo de Melo Nascimento ◽  
Maiara Rafaela Santos Silva
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Police Department ◽  
History Of Evolution ◽  
Police Reports ◽  
History Of ◽  
Formal Equality ◽  
Violencia Domestica ◽  
The City

Resumo:A violência contra a mulher, temática recorrente nos debates acadêmicos e sociais, possui um histórico de evolução em termos de proteção jurídica, simultânea a própria luta feminista por igualdade formal entre homens e mulheres no nosso sistema jurídico nacional. O objetivo deste artigo é discutir os dados sobre violência doméstica e familiar ocorridos em 2018 na cidade de Sobral-Ceará. Trata-se de uma pesquisa documental que tem como fonte os boletins de ocorrência produzidos pela Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher de Sobral. Desta forma, identificamos que a ruptura do ciclo de violência doméstica com a formalização da denúncia envolve várias questões que circundam a problemática, desde a interiorização do lar até o âmbito coletivo da problemática em um contexto social. Palavras-chave: Violência Doméstica. Sobral-Ceará. Delegacia de Defesa da Mulher.   Abstract: Violence against women, a recurring theme in academic and social debates, has a history of evolution in terms of legal protection, simultaneously with the feminist struggle for formal equality between men and women in our national legal system. The purpose of this article is to discuss data on domestic and family violence that occurred in 2018 in the city of Sobral. It is a documentary research that has as source the police reports produced by the Police Department for the Defense of Women in Sobral-Ceará. Thus, we identified that the rupture of the cycle of domestic violence with the formalization of the complaint involves several issues that surround the problem, from the interiorization of the home to the collective scope of the problem in a social context. Keywords: Domestic Violence. Sobral-Ceará. Departament for the Defense of Women.

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