Mandatory, Preferred, or Discretionary: How the Classification of Domestic Violence Warrantless Arrest Laws Impacts Their Estimated Effects on Intimate Partner Homicide

April M. Zeoli, Alexis Norris and Hannah Brenner
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April M. Zeoli: School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, MI, USA, zeoli@msu.edu
Alexis Norris: School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, MI, USA
Hannah Brenner: College of Law, Michigan State University, MI, USA

Evaluation Review, 2011, vol. 35, issue 2, 129-152

Abstract: Warrantless arrest laws for domestic violence (DV) are generally classified as discretionary, preferred, or mandatory, based on the level of power accorded to police in deciding whether to arrest. However, there is a lack of consensus in the literature regarding how each state’s law should be categorized. Using three classification schemes, this study examined whether variations among these schemes impact research outcomes by analyzing the effects of discretionary, preferred, and mandatory warrantless arrest laws on intimate partner homicide (IPH). Variations in classification schemes and in the dates of law passage presented in the literature resulted in differing estimated effects of the laws.

Keywords: domestic violence; warrantless arrest laws; homicide; classification systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X11402149

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