RT Article
T1 Focal Concerns and Intimate Partner Violence Case Processing: Predicting Arrest Using a Stratified Random Sample of Police Case File Data
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 68
IS 9
SP 1402
OP 1426
A1 Franklin, Cortney A.
A2 Bouffard, Leana A.
A2 Garza, Alondra D.
A2 Goodson, Amanda
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839616334
AB Focal concerns has utility for explaining criminal justice decisions, including among police. At present, there is no research that has examined focal concerns and arrest decisions in non-sexual, intimate partner violence (IPV) cases. This study used a stratified random sample of 776 IPV incidents from an urban police department in one of the five largest and most diverse US cities to assess the effect of focal concerns on arrest. A multivariate binary logistic regression model demonstrated victim injury, suspect IPV and general criminal history, evidence, witnesses, victim preference for formal intervention, women victims, and intoxicated suspects predicted arrest. When the suspect was on scene, this was the strongest predictor of arrest. Implications and future research are discussed.
K1 Arrest
K1 case file data
K1 Decision Making
K1 Focal Concerns
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Police
DO 10.1177/00111287211010493