TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - The Voices of Domestic Violence Victims: Predictors of Victim Preference for Arrest and the Relationship Between Preference for Arrest and Revictimization
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Hirschel, J. David
A1  - Hutchison, I. W.
SP  - 313
EP  - 336
VL  - 49
IS  - 2
N2  - This article focuses on what female victims of domestic violence expect the police to do when they call for assistance during an abusive incident and whether there is an association between their desire for formal intervention and subsequent victimization and offender aggression. The 419 victims interviewed in this study had a variety of expectations ranging from simply warning to arresting the offender. A combination of victim characteristics, offender characteristics, and incident characteristics was predictive of victim desire for arrest, and victim desire for arrest was significantly associated with subsequent threat of abuse and actual abuse of the victim. The implications of these findings for preferred and mandatory arrest policies are discussed.<p />
LA  - 
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128702251067
ID  - ref1
ER  -