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Publication Date: 2011-May
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Sex Disparities in Arrest Outcomes for Domestic Violence
Hamilton, Melissa; Worthen, Meredith G. F.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, v26 n8 p1559-1578 May 2011
Domestic violence arrests have been historically focused on protecting women and children from abusive men. Arrest patterns continue to reflect this bias with more men arrested for domestic violence compared to women. Such potential gender variations in arrest patterns pave the way to the investigation of disparities by sex of the offender in domestic violence arrests. This study utilizes data from a quantitative dataset that includes responses by police officers who completed a specially mandated checklist after responding to a domestic dispute. The results showed that while females are arrested quite often in domestic disputes, there remains a significant difference in the arrest outcome whereby male suspects were more likely to be arrested than female suspects. Regression models further indicated differences based on sex and certain predictors of arrest, which supported sex-based rationales in arrests for domestic violence. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Police, Males, Gender Differences, Law Enforcement, Statistical Data, Check Lists, Regression (Statistics), Predictor Variables, Weapons, Drinking, Drug Use
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