Evaluating Alternative Police Responses to Spouse Assault in Colorado Springs : An Enhanced Replication of the Minneapolis Experiment, 1987-1989 / Howard Black, Richard Berk, James Lily, Robert Owenbey, Giannina Rikoski.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Black, Howard.

Berk, Richard.

Lily, James.

Owenbey, Robert.

Rikoski, Giannina.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 9982.

ICPSR ; 9982

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marital violence--Colorado--Colorado Springs.

Marital violence.

Victims of family violence--Services for--Colorado--Colorado Springs.

Victims of family violence.

Police social work--Colorado--Colorado Springs.

Police social work.

Police--Colorado--Colorado Springs.

Police.

Victims of family violence--Services for.

Colorado--Colorado Springs.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1994.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The purpose of this study was to replicate an experiment in Minneapolis (MINNEAPOLIS INTERVENTION PROJECT, 1986-1987 [ICPSR 9808]) testing alternative police response to cases of spouse assault, using a larger number of subjects and a more complex research design. The study focused on how police response affected subsequent incidents of spouse assault. Police responses studied included arrest, issuing emergency protection orders, referring the suspect to counseling, separating the suspect and the victim, and restoring order only (no specific action). Data were obtained through initial incident reports, counseling information, and personal interviews. Follow-up interviews were conducted at three- and six-month periods, and recidivists were identified through police and court record checks. Variables from initial incident reports include number of charges, date, location, and disposition of charges, weapon(s) used, victim injuries, medical attention received, behavior towards police, victim and suspect comments, and demographic information such as race, sex, relationship to victim/offender, age, and past victim/offender history. Data collected from counseling forms provide information on demographic characteristics of the suspect, type of counseling, topics covered in counseling, suspect's level of participation, and therapist comments. Court records investigate victim and suspect criminal histories, including descriptions of charges and their disposition, conditions of pretrial release, and the victim's contact with pretrial services. Other variables included in follow-up checks focus on criminal and offense history of the suspect. The data collection includes separate data files for the original, second, and final versions of some of the forms that were used.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09982

Contents:

Part 1: Initial Call Implementation Form Data; Part 2: Final Version of Suspect Counseling Form Data; Part 3: Second Version of Suspect Counseling Form Data; Part 4: Original Version of Suspect Counseling Form Data; Part 5: Original Version of Initial Victim Interview Data; Part 6: Second Version of Initial Victim Interview Data; Part 7: Final Version of Initial Victim Interview Data; Part 8: Original Version of Final Victim Interview Data; Part 9: Final Version of Final Victim Interview Data; Part 10: Initial Suspect Criminal History Check Data; Part 11: Initial Victim Criminal History Check Data; Part 12: Six-Month Suspect Criminal History Check Data; Part 13: Six-Month Victim Criminal History Check Data; Part 14: Initial Suspect Charge Check Data; Part 15: Initial Suspect Victimization Check Data; Part 16: Initial Victim Charge Check Data; Part 17: Initial Victim Victimization Check Data; Part 18: Six-Month Suspect Charge Check Data; Part 19: Six-Month Suspect Victimization Chec...

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

OCLC:

61164824

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