Role of Arrest in Domestic Assault: The Omaha Police Experiment

• NCJ Number: 124444
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 28 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1990) Pages: 183-206
• Author(s): F W Dunford; D Huizanga; D S Elliott
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 24 pages
• Grant Number(s): 85-IJ-CX-K435
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NIJ Reprint

Annotation

This paper reports on a replication of the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment in Omaha, Nebraska.

Abstract

Suspects who were eligible for the experiment were randomly assigned to one of three police dispositions: mediation, separation, or arrest. No differences by disposition were found in prevalence or frequency of repeat offending, using five measures of recidivism to assess outcome six months after police intervention. A survival analysis, using three of the measures for which dates of failure were available, also produced no differences by disposition. 7 tables, 1 figure, and 17 references. (Author abstract)