Boston Police Department Domestic Violence Research Project, 1993-1994
Description
The Domestic Violence Research Project was a pilot study
designed to examine the dynamics of domestic violence within two of
the ten police districts that comprise the city of Boston. The
objectives were to collect data on domestic violence in greater detail
than previously possible, conduct various analyses on this
information, and determine how the findings could best be used to
improve the police, prosecutorial, and social service responses to
domestic violence. Data for 1993 are a stratified random sample of
reported domestic violence incidents occurring throughout the
year. The sample represents approximately 27 percent of the domestic
violence incidents reported in 1993 for the two districts studied, B3
and D4. The 1994 data include all reported incidents occurring in the
two districts during the period May to July. After the incident
selection process was completed, data were collected from police
incident reports, follow-up investigation reports, criminal history
reports, and court dockets. Variables include arrest offenses, time of
incident, location of incident, witnesses (including children), nature
and extent of injuries, drug and alcohol use, history of similar
incidents, whether there were restraining orders in effect, and basic
demographic information on victims and offenders. Criminal history
information was coded into five distinct categories: (1) violent
offenses, (2) nonviolent offenses, (3) domestic violence offenses, (4)
drug/alcohol offenses, and (5) firearms offenses.
Resources
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ICPSR06483.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06483.v1 |
Tags
- police-departments
- arrest-records
- criminal-histories
- domestic-violence
- police-response