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- Title
Punitive Action or Gentle Persuasion.
- Authors
Finn, Mary A.; Bettis, Pamela
- Abstract
Mandatory and preferred arrest policies may be resulting in a backlash for victims who are arrested along with their batterers. Little prior research has explored why officers engage in dual arrests. The current study examines the rationales employed by officers to justify dual arrests in a preferred arrest jurisdiction. Content analysis of thought protocols of police officers (n = 24) who reported they would arrest both parties was undertaken. Officers justified arrest of both parties, citing that such was required by law and the desire to force both parties to obtain counseling for their relationship. Implications for policy development are examined.
- Subjects
MANDATORY sentences; ARREST; VICTIMS; ABUSIVE men; POLICE; JURISDICTION; COUNSELING laws; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2006, Vol 12, Issue 3, p268
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801206286218