Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Dual arrest and other unintended consequences of mandatory arrest in New York City: a brief report
Other Titles:	Journal of family violence
Authors:	Haviland, Mary Rajah, Valli Frye, Victoria
Keywords:	Policing
Year:	2007
Publisher:	Kluwer Academic Plenum Publishers
Citation:	22 (6), August 2007
Notes:	In jurisdictions across the United States, the mandated arrest of individuals perpetrating domestic violence crimes termed “mandatory arrest” or “pro-arrest” policies has become a key policy solution to the issue of domestic violence. The purposes of the policies are to standardize the police response to, and increase the number of, arrests stemming from domestic violence incidents by removing or reducing police discretion to arrest. In 1994, the New York state legislature passed the Family Protection and Domestic Violence Intervention Act, which contained provisions enacting a mandatory arrest statute. Using information from 183 callers to a telephone helpline for victims of domestic violence, we describe four unintended consequences of the policy: “unwanted,” “dual,” “retaliatory,” and “no” arrest. Bi- and multivariate analyses are used to identify victim and perpetrator sociodemographic, situational, and legal factors associated with each arrest type. Results are discussed in the context of the effects of mandatory arrest policies and minimizing problems associated with it in the future. [?2007 Springer. All rights reserved. For further information, visit SpringerLink.]
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/14473
ISSN:	0885-7482
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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