Date of Award

Spring 2005

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Sociology & Criminal Justice

Program/Concentration

Applied Sociology

Committee Director

Dianne C. Carmody

Committee Member

Brian K. Payne

Committee Member

Bernadette J. Holmes

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.S62 S25 2005

Abstract

The current study examines the effects of type of assault and victim gender on police response. Victim accounts of domestic and nondomestic assaults in the San Diego region were examined. This study found that domestic assaults were significantly less likely to result in arrest than nondomestic assaults. Female victims of domestic assaults were more likely to receive police referrals to outside agencies. Assaults with victim injury were more likely to result in arrest for domestic assaults, and within the sample as a whole. The gender of the victim had no effect on arrest.

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DOI

10.25777/ez3f-d085

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