RT Article T1 Arrest and recidivism among woman batterers JF Criminal justice review VO 16 IS 2 SP 183 OP 197 A1 Steinmann, Michael LA English YR 1991 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640350519 AB Most criminal justice officials have traditionally defined woman battering as a private matter. Only recently has pressure, primarily from women's groups, persuaded these officials to define battering as a crime and to change policies and procedures in order to treat it as such. This article assesses and comments upon some of the effects of one change, the use of arrest policies K1 Gewalt in der Familie K1 Rückfalltäter