The Interrelationship Between Substance Abuse and the Likelihood of Arrest, Conviction, and Re-offending in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence

Hirschel, J. David; Hutchison, Ira W.; Shaw, Meaghan

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“…Briefly, among research examining legal factors, offense seriousness (including weapon use and victim injury), prior criminal history, and presence of witnesses are the most frequently examined. For example, serious assaults (e.g., aggravated assaults) or incidents involving weapons have been found to increase the likelihood of arrest (Durfee 2012; Hall 2005; Hamilton and Worthen 2011; Hirschel et al 2008; Hirschel, Hutchison, and Shaw 2010; Lee, Zhang, and Hoover 2013). The majority of research has demonstrated that victim injury also increases the likelihood of arrest (Durfee 2012; Eitle 2005; Hall 2005; Hamilton and Worthen 2011; Ho 2003) as well as a prior criminal history (e.g., Hamilton and Worthen 2011), prior protective orders (e.g., Hamilton and Worthen 2011), and presence of witnesses (e.g., Hamilton and Worthen 2011; Robinson and Chandek 2000).…”

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“…The role of substance use by the suspect was consistently found to increase the odds of arrest (Durfee 2012; Eitle 2005; Hamilton and Worthen 2011). Some less studied, but potentially key variables also examined were whether the incident occurred in the last hour of the officers’ shift (Robinson and Chandek 2000) and whether the suspect was still at the scene when police arrived (Hall 2005; Hirschel et al 2010).…”

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Police Charging Practices for Incidents of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada

Dawson

Hotton

2014

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Objectives: To examine police charging practices in case of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Canada. Methods: In this national level study, we explore police charging in cases of IPV using data from the 2008 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) survey. Using logistic regression, we examine the impact of several key legal and extralegal factors on the police charging decisions. Results: Analysis shows that, while the majority of cases were cleared by charge, the proportion of cases in which police recommended a charge varied across the country. Further, the majority of legal and extralegal variables examined were significantly associated with the police decision to lay a charge across the jurisdictions examined, including the presence of victim injury, multiple victims, offence type as well as gender of the victim and the victim–accused relationship. Conclusion: Study findings indicate that future research on police charging in cases of IPV require more precise examinations of the role played by gender and the type of relationship as well as an investigation of the community context in which police decisions are made.

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Police Charging Practices for Incidents of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada

Dawson

Hotton

2014

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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“…Other explanations for these findings can be taken from the literature on adult offenders. In their study of police arrests for adult intimate partners, Dawson and Hotton (2014) suggest that police are more likely to arrest when both victim and offender remain at the scene, pointing to research showing that police are more likely to proceed with charges when the suspect is at the scene when police arrive (Hall, 2005; Hirschel, Hutchison, & Shaw, 2010; Robinson & Chandek, 2000). They also suggest that, due to the close social distance between the victim and offender, the police may perceive the victim to be in imminent danger unless the offender is arrested (Dawson & Hotton, 2014, p. 677).…”

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The Victim–Offender Relationship and Police Charging Decisions for Juvenile Delinquents

Rollwagen

Jacob

2017

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

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While research has established how victim-offender relationship (social distance) relates to police decision-making, comparatively little research has examined this relationship among juvenile delinquents. This article examines how the social relationship between victim and offender has a main and moderating relationship with police charging decisions among juvenile delinquents in Canada. Incidents recorded using the Uniform Crime Reporting Incident-Based Survey (N ¼ 130,090) are modeled using logistic regression to predict the odds of police laying a charge. Independent variables include nature of the victim-offender relationship as well as demographic, geographic, and offense-specific variables. Main effects models show that incidents involving current intimate partners are most likely to result in arrest, followed by incidents involving strangers. Importantly, stratified models suggest that social distance conditions how other legal and extralegal factors relate to police arrest decisions. Similar to the adult offending population, victim-offender relationship shapes the way criminal incidents are officially addressed in complex ways.

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“…Multiple studies have investigated the police decision to make an arrest in intimate partner violence cases (Dichter, Marcus, Morabito, & Rhodes, 2011; Durfee & Fetzer, 2016; Hirschel & Buzawa, 2013; Pattavina, Buzawa, Hirschel, & Faggiani, 2007). Likewise, research has studied the correlates of arrests for domestic violence offenses (Durfee, 2012; Eitle, Stolzenberg, & D’Alessio, 2005; Hirschel, Hutchison, & Shaw, 2010; Hirschel & Hutchison, 2011; Strom, Warner, Tichavsky, & Zahn, 2014; Vazquez, Stohr, & Purkiss, 2005). Finally, arrest policy and administrative practices in intimate violence cases has also been a recurrent theme (Hirschel, Buzawa, Pattavina, & Faggiani, 2007; Hirschel & Faggiani, 2012).…”

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Assessing the Representativeness of NIBRS Arrest Data

Pattavina

Carkin

Tracy

2017

Crime & Delinquency

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This article examines the coverage of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) arrest data as of 2016. We use NIBRS and Uniform Crime Report (UCR), Summary Reporting System on persons arrested. We examine the correspondence of arrests measures between the UCR and NIBRS for overall arrests, and arrests by sex, race, and age. We found that NIBRS arrest data are a close match to UCR data overall and the differences across demographic measures are very slight.

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The Interrelationship Between Substance Abuse and the Likelihood of Arrest, Conviction, and Re-offending in Cases of Intimate Partner Violence

Cited by 27 publications

References 41 publications

Police Charging Practices for Incidents of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada

Police Charging Practices for Incidents of Intimate Partner Violence in Canada

The Victim–Offender Relationship and Police Charging Decisions for Juvenile Delinquents

Assessing the Representativeness of NIBRS Arrest Data

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