Increased homicide victimization of suspects arrested for domestic assault: A 23-year follow-up of the Milwaukee Domestic Violence Experiment (MilDVE)

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 491-514

  Sherman, Lawrence W ^a   Harris, Heather M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrest; Domestic violence; Mortality defiance theory; Policing; Randomized experiment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888071646     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-013-9193-0     Document Type: Article

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