@article{ref1,
title="A Bayesian analysis of the Colorado Springs spouse abuse experiment",
journal="Journal of criminal law and criminology",
year="1992",
author="Berk, Richard A. and Campbell, Andrea and Klap, Ruth and Western, B",
volume="83",
number="1",
pages="170-200",
abstract="This Article analyzes data from the Colorado Springs Spouse Abuse Experiment. In that experiment, suspects apprehended for misdemeanor spouse abuse were assigned at random to one of four treatments: (1) an emergency order of protection for the victim coupled with arrest of the suspect; (2) an emergency order of protection for the victim coupled with immediate crisis counseling for the suspect; (3) an emergency order of protection only; or (4) restoring order at the scene with no emergency order of protection. Outcome measures are taken from official police data and from follow-up interviews with victims. Using Bayesian procedures to take previous experiments into account, the balance of evidence supports a deterrent effect for arrest among 'good risk' offenders, who presumably have a lot to lose by being arrested. The balance of evidence is far more equivocal for a 'labeling effect' in which an arrest increases the likelihood of new violence.<p />",
language="",
issn="0091-4169",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}