Responding to Crimes of Violence against Women: Gender Differences versus Organizational Imperatives.

Buzawa, Eve; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ513123

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Responding to Crimes of Violence against Women: Gender Differences versus Organizational Imperatives.

Buzawa, Eve; And Others

Crime and Delinquency, v41 n4 p443-66 Oct 1995

Reports results of a study testing the hypothesis that an inverse relationship exists between level of intimacy between perpetrator and victim in incidents of violence and likelihood of arrest. Notwithstanding relevant elements of probable cause, such as the presence of weapons, witnesses, injury, and the offender, results supported the hypothesis. (LKS)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Battered Women, Community Control, Family Problems, Family Violence, Law Enforcement, Legislation, Police Community Relationship, Public Policy, Responses, Sex Discrimination, Social Bias, Sociocultural Patterns, Spouses, Victims of Crime

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: "Responding to Violence against Women."