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Role of Arrest in Domestic Assault: The Omaha Police Experiment

NCJ Number
124444
Journal
Criminology Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1990) Pages: 183-206
Author(s)
F W Dunford; D Huizanga; D S Elliott
Date Published
1990
Length
24 pages
Annotation
This paper reports on a replication of the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment in Omaha, Nebraska.
Abstract
Suspects who were eligible for the experiment were randomly assigned to one of three police dispositions: mediation, separation, or arrest. No differences by disposition were found in prevalence or frequency of repeat offending, using five measures of recidivism to assess outcome six months after police intervention. A survival analysis, using three of the measures for which dates of failure were available, also produced no differences by disposition. 7 tables, 1 figure, and 17 references. (Author abstract)