RT Article
T1 Predictors of child abuse charges within the context of domestic violence arrests
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 63
IS 13
SP 1777
OP 1803
A1 Roark, Jennifer
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/157777227X
AB This article investigates how different factors of a domestic violence incident impact the likelihood of a child abuse charge within the context of domestic violence arrests. Data from 5,148 domestic violence arrests were used to test whether domestic violence-, incident-, and child-based predictors increased the likelihood of a child abuse charge. Logistic regression models of gender-stratified samples were employed to test for gender differences among domestic violence arrestees. The results demonstrated predictors affected men’s odds of a child abuse charge when compared with women. For men and women, children witnessing the domestic violence incident had the largest impact on a child abuse charge. These results contribute to the underdeveloped area of police response to child abuse in domestic violence cases.
K1 Domestic violence
K1 Child abuse
K1 Policing
K1 Arrests
K1 Häusliche Gewalt
K1 Kindesmißhandlung
K1 Verhaftungen
K1 Festnahmen
DO 10.1177/0011128716661141