Police intervention and the repeat of domestic assault

Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 563-588

  Felson, Richard B ^a   Ackerman, Jeffrey M ^b   Gallagher, Catherine A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; Deterrence; Domestic assault; Intervention; Police; Reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 25144500121     PISSN: 00111384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0011-1348.2005.00017.x     Document Type: Review

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