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

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

Short arrests and warnings were randomly assigned to a sample of 1,200 domestic violence cases with predominantly unemployed suspects concentrated in Milwaukee in black ghetto poverty neighborhoods. Short arrest was shown to have a more substantial initial deterrent effect than warnings, but longer...

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Veröffentlicht in:Criminology (Beverly Hills) 1991-11, Vol.29 (4), p.821-849
Hauptverfasser: SHERMAN, L. W, SCHMIDT, J. D, ROGAN, D. P, GARTIN, P. R, COHEN, E. G, COLLINS, D. J, BACICH, A. R
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Arrests
Crime
Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide
Deterrence
Domestic violence
Family Violence
Ghettos
Imprisonment
Low Income Areas
Poverty
Social research
Sociology
Sociology of law and criminology
Wisconsin
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Zusammenfassung:Short arrests and warnings were randomly assigned to a sample of 1,200 domestic violence cases with predominantly unemployed suspects concentrated in Milwaukee in black ghetto poverty neighborhoods. Short arrest was shown to have a more substantial initial deterrent effect than warnings, but longer term follow-up showed no deterrence for either arrest group.
ISSN:0011-1384
1745-9125
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-9125.1991.tb01089.x