DOI: 10.3886/icpsr03873
title: Nature and Correlates of Domestic Violence Among Female Arrestees in San Diego, California, 2000-2001
title: Archival Version

description: This study sought to examine the incidence and prevalence
 of domestic violence among female arrestees. The data for this
 research were collected in conjunction with the National Institute of
 Justice's Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) programs. Female
 arrestees in San Diego, California, who had completed the ADAM
 interview and provided a urine specimen were asked if they would be
 willing to answer an additional set of questions concerning their
 experience with domestic violence. Respondents were asked a series of
 questions about the types of abuse they experienced and a host of
 supplemental questions detailing the abusive incidents they
experienced in their lifetime and in the last 12 months.
description: The actual incidence and prevalence of intimate
 partner violence are difficult to discern due to underreporting in
 official statistics and methodological differences in research studies
 gathering such information. This study addresses partner violence by
 examining the incidence and prevalence of domestic violence within a
 different sub-group of victims -- female arrestees. The research
 objectives were (1) to compare arrestees who reported having
 experienced domestic violence with arrestees who reported never having
 experienced partner abuse, and (2) to examine the association between
 types and severity of domestic violence victimization and substance
use as reported by arrestees.
description: The data for this research were collected in
 conjunction with the National Institute of Justice's Arrestee Drug
 Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) programs. At the time of this study's release,
 the ADAM program was operational in approximately 35 cities
 nationwide, providing national and local profiles of drug use within
 arrestee populations and the monitoring of drug use patterns. An
 extension and refinement of the previous Drug Use Forecasting (DUF)
 program (see DRUG USE FORECASTING IN 24 CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES,
 1987-1997 [ICPSR 9477]), the ADAM program (see ARRESTEE DRUG ABUSE
 MONITORING (ADAM) PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES, 1999 [ICPSR 2994],
 2000 [ICPSR 3270], and 2001 [ICPSR 3688]) is the United States
 government's primary source of information on drug use among
 arrestees, and is one of the primary research tools on drug use,
 crime, and other social indicators. Quarterly interviews with
 arrestees selected using probability-based (for males) and convenience
 sampling (for females) were conducted in jails and detention
 facilities at each ADAM site. Urine samples were also collected and
 tested for a core panel of drugs that included cocaine,
 methamphetamine, marijuana, and opiates. Because the drug screen could
 not detect drugs beyond 72 hours after use, only arrestees who had
 been incarcerated 48 hours or less were eligible for
 participation. The ADAM interview provided demographic and descriptive
 data including race, age, marital status, source of income, screens
 for substance abuse and dependency, treatment history, arrest and
 incarceration experiences, and participation in local drug markets. At
 the conclusion of the interview, respondents were asked to provide a
 urine specimen. For the current study, when the ADAM process was
 completed, women were asked to answer questions about domestic
 violence. The domestic violence addendum was administered as part of
 the ADAM data collection in San Diego, California, from August 2000
 through May 2001. Prior to the introduction of the domestic violence
 interview, ADAM staff participated in a three-hour training session
 conducted by a victim advocate. Training included definitions of
 abuse, theories about domestic violence, the potential for
 re-victimization through the use of the interview, and discussion of
 referral agencies. Definitions of abuse, including physical, mental,
 and emotional abuse, developed by the Centers of Disease Control were
 read to the respondents for clarity. Questions used in the interview
 were developed using a modified Revised Conflict Tactics Scale
(Straus, 2000).
description: Respondents were asked a series of questions about
 the types of intimate partner physical abuse (e.g., scratching,
 pushing, throwing, biting, choking, punching, burning, and
 hair-pulling), emotional abuse (things that made the victim feel
 humiliated, controlled, isolated, or embarrassed), and sexual abuse
 they experienced in their lifetime and in the last 12 months, the
 frequencies of the abuse, what if any types of weapons were used in
 the abuse (e.g., gun, knife, brass knuckles, or mouth), whether the
 respondent received medical treatment and in what manner (from
 paramedics, doctor, at a clinic or urgent care facility, or hospital),
 whether there were witnesses to any of the abuse, whether a
 restraining order was ever obtained and if so what type was obtained
 (emergency, temporary, or permanent), and whether the abusive partner
 complied with the conditions of the order. Respondents were also asked
 about various substances (alcohol, marijuana, crack/cocaine, heroin,
 PCP, LSD, methadone, crystal meth, and prescribed medications) that
 the abuser may have taken and whether any substances were ever taken
 prior to any abuse incident or in the most recent abusive incident.
 The abuser's gender, race, age at time of incident, and highest grade
 completed are also included along with variables pertaining to any
 physical, emotional, or sexual abuse experienced by the abuser as a
child.
description: Response Rates: The ADAM domestic violence addendum was
 completed by all female arrestees who agreed to participate in the
interview.
description: Presence of Common Scales: Revised Conflict Tactics Scale.
description: The domestic violence addendum was administered to all
 female arrestees in San Diego, California, who had completed the ADAM
 interview and provided a urine specimen and were willing to answer
 additional questions concerning their experience with domestic
 violence. During the ADAM collection phase, a total of 564 face sheets
 were completed for potential interviews. Of these, 273 were still in
 the facility available for an interview. Of these, 255 agreed to an
 ADAM interview and provided a urine sample. Of these, 181 participated
 in the ADAM domestic violence addendum. Please see ARRESTEE DRUG ABUSE
 MONITORING (ADAM) PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES, 1999 [ICPSR 2994],
 2000 [ICPSR 3270], and 2001 [ICPSR 3688] for additional information on
the sampling frame used to collect the ADAM data.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Nature and Correlates of Domestic Violence Among Female Arrestees in San Diego, California, 2000-2001
description: All female persons arrested and booked on local and state
 charges (i.e., not federal and out-of-county charges) in San Diego,
California, 2000-2001. Smallest Geographic Unit: None.
description: (1) Users are strongly encouraged to obtain copies of
 the "Methodology Guide for ADAM" and the "Analytic Guide for ADAM"
 from the ADAM Web site: 
 http://www.adam-nij.net/index.asp. (2) This research project also
 had the objective of comparing characteristics and life experiences of
 arrestees who reported domestic violence victimization within the past
 12 months to those of a control group of victims who were deemed
 "shelter clients," or in other words, abused victims seeking shelter.
 This data collection does not contain the data collected from the
 control group. Users are strongly encouraged to obtain the Final
 Report for additional information concerning the results and data
 collections involving the control group. (3) The user guide, codebook,
 and data collection instrument are provided by ICPSR as Portable
 Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF file format was developed by
 Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader
 software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to
 obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web
site.