Characteristics of Victims Coarrested for Intimate Partner Violence

Autor/inn/en	Houry, Debra; Reddy, Sudha; Parramore, Constance
Titel	Characteristics of Victims Coarrested for Intimate Partner Violence
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21 (2006) 11, S.1483-1492 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0895904805293483
Schlagwörter	At Risk Persons; Victims of Crime; Family Violence; Females; Incidence; Drinking; Weapons; Police; Family (Sociological Unit); Individual Characteristics; Substance Abuse; Law Enforcement; Marital Status; Age Differences; Children; Racial Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Risikogruppe; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Weibliches Geschlecht; Vorkommen; Trinken; Weapon; Waffe; Familie; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Gesetzesvollzug; Familienstand; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Child; Kind; Kinder; Rassenunterschied
Abstract	This study evaluated the frequency of coarrest in female victims who utilized 911 for intimate partner violence (IPV) and any patterns or circumstances that increased the likelihood of coarrest. All cases of police-documented IPV where a female IPV victim was arrested in conjunction with the perpetrator were included. Each incident report was reviewed to determine demographic characteristics of the victim, weapon and substance involvement, presence of children, and violence severity. Of IPV victims, 9% (131 of 1,489) were arrested. Having a weapon, alcohol use, not being married, and older age were associated with increased likelihood of arrest (p less than 0.001). The presence of a child decreased the likelihood of victim arrest (p less than 0.001). Race, prior incidents of IPV, offender restraining order, and incident severity were not significantly associated with coarrest. Although coarrest occurred in a minority of cases, it may deter victims from contacting police for future incidents of police. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10