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NCJ Number:	185096

Title:	Effect of a Domestic Violence Policy Change on Police Officers' Schemata

Journal:	Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume:27 Issue:5 Dated:October 2000 Pages:600-624

Author(s):	Amanda L. Robinson

Date Published:	October 2000

Annotation:	This article examines the schemata of police officers socialized before and after their department changed its domestic violence policy to mandate arrests when probable cause exists in domestic disturbances.

Abstract:	Schemata are used to organize knowledge, helping people interpret their environment and decide on courses of action. It was hypothesized that officers socialized before the policy change would have schemata that discouraged them from making arrests and rating victims cooperative and likely to prosecute their cases, whereas the opposite was predicted for officers socialized during the pro-arrest era. Using logistic regression, the study analyzed the relationship of officers' schemata to their arrest decisions at domestic calls and their attitudes toward the victims at those calls. There was more similarity than differences between the two groups of officers, although the schema variable did predict officers' belief in the likelihood of victims prosecuting their cases, pointing to the utility of schema theory for understanding police attitudes. Tables, appendix, notes, references

Main Term(s):	Police

Index Term(s):	Arrest procedures; Domestic assault; Domestic assault arrest policies; Police attitudes; Police crisis intervention; Police policies and procedures; Police policy development; Policy analysis; Work attitudes

Publisher:	http://www.sagepub.com

Page Count:	25

Format:	Article

Type:	Issue Overview

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America



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