Intimate Partner Violence at the Scene: Incident Characteristics and Implications for Public Health Surveillance

Manisha Joshi and Susan B. Sorenson
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Manisha Joshi: School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA, manishaj@sp2.upenn.edu
Susan B. Sorenson: School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA

Evaluation Review, 2010, vol. 34, issue 2, 116-136

Abstract: Using data that, to our knowledge, have not been used before for this purpose, we examined 9,231 opposite-sex intimate partner violence (IPV) calls for law enforcement assistance recorded in the Compstat system of a large U.S. city. Although women were the predominant victims, injuries were documented more often for men. Only about 1% of incidents were considered a restraining order violation, although many orders were active in the city at the time. The data appeared to be of good quality and just a few changes in recording procedures would increase Compstat’s usefulness for public health in U.S. cities.

Keywords: intimate partner violence; Compstat system; police; law enforcement; injury (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X09360323

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