Title

Police involvement in incidents of physical assault: Analysis of the Redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey

Authors

Authors

J. L. Jasinski

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Fam. Violence

Keywords

police; violence against women; NCVS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; VICTIMS; ARRESTS; Psychology, Clinical; Family Studies

Abstract

Police involvement in incidents of physical assaults against women has been the subject of considerable research. There is still some debate, however, about the relationship between the social structure of the incident and the level of involvement of the criminal justice system. Using the Redesigned National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS; U. S. Department of Justice, 1997), this paper looks at several different dimensions of the criminal justice system's involvement in physical assaults against women including calling the police, police response, and arrest. Results suggest that police were more likely to become involved in first time incidents of physical assaults against women and incidents that involved injury. Differences between models, however, suggested that the involvement of the criminal justice system is a multidimensional process.

Journal Title

Journal of Family Violence

Volume

18

Issue/Number

3

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

143

Last Page

150

WOS Identifier

WOS:000182478700002

ISSN

0885-7482

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