Sex Disparities in Arrest Outcomes for Domestic Violence

dc.contributor.authorMelissa Hamilton
dc.contributor.authorMeredith G. F. Worthen
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-14T19:53:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-30T15:31:04Z
dc.date.available2016-01-14T19:53:16Z
dc.date.available2016-03-30T15:31:04Z
dc.date.issued2011-05-01
dc.description.abstractDomestic 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.en_US
dc.description.peerreviewYesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewnoteshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guidelinesen_US
dc.identifier.citationHamilton, M., & Worthen, M. G. F. (2011). Sex Disparities in Arrest Outcomes for Domestic Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26(8), 1559-1578. doi: 10.1177/0886260510370592en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0886260510370592en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11244/25159
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Interpersonal Violence
dc.rights.requestablefalseen_US
dc.subjectassessmenten_US
dc.subjectdomestic violenceen_US
dc.subjectlegal interventionen_US
dc.subjectperceptions of domestic violenceen_US
dc.titleSex Disparities in Arrest Outcomes for Domestic Violenceen_US
dc.typeResearch Articleen_US

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