Evaluating Alternative Police Responses to Spouse Assault in Colorado Springs: an Enhanced Replication of the Minneapolis Experiment, 1987-1989

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Principal Investigator(s): Black, Howard; Berk, Richard; Lily, James; Owenbey, Robert; Rikoski, Giannina

Summary: The purpose of this study was to replicate an experiment in Minneapolis (MINNEAPOLIS INTERVENTION PROJECT, 1986-1987 [ICPSR 9808]) testing alternative police response to cases of spouse assault, using a larger number of subjects and a more complex research design. The study focused on how police response affected subsequent incidents of spouse assault. Police responses studied included arrest, issuing emergency protection orders, referring the suspect to counseling, separating the suspect... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09982.v1

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