Citation

Cerulli C, Edwardsen EA, Hall D, Chan KL, Conner KR. Violence Against Women 2015; 21(7): 897-907.

Affiliation

University of Rochester Medical Center, NY, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801215584072

PMID

25926052

Abstract

New York State law mandates specific intimate partner violence (IPV) documentation under all circumstances meeting the enumerated relationship and crime criteria at the scene of a domestic dispute. Law enforcement compliance with this mandate is unknown. We reviewed law enforcement completion rates of Domestic Violence Incident Reports (DVIRs) and assessed correlations with individual or legal factors. Law enforcement officers filed DVIRs in 54% of the cases (n = 191), more often when injury occurred (p <.01) and the defendant had prior court contact (p <.05). The discussion explores policy implications and potential means to rectify the gap between mandated processes and implementation.

Language: en