Specific deterrent effects of arrest for domestic assault, Minneapolis, 1981-1982
By: principal investigators, Richard A. Berk and Lawrence W. Sherman
Series: ICPSR -- 8250; ICPSR (Series) -- 8250
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Family violence; Prevention
Description: This data collection contains data on 330 domestic violent events. The data were collected between March 1981 and September 1982. There are several parts to this collection. The first deals with information about domestic assault incidents taken from the persons involved in such incidents. Interviews were conducted with all parties to the domestic assault. Included here are such items as socio-economic and demographic attributes of the suspect and victim, their relationship (husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, lover, divorced, separated), the nature of the argument that spurred the assault, the presence or absence of physical violence, and the nature and extent of police contact in the incident. In addition to data on the individuals involved in the disputes, police arrest records were also documented. The date of the crime, the ethnicity of the participants, the presence or absence of alcohol or drugs, a weapon, and a police assault in the incident were also recorded.
Notes: Holding archive: Criminal Justice Archive and Information Network.

ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Data collected: March 1981-September 1982.

Minneapolis.

Over 100 variables for the 330 domestic assaults investigated.