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Peer reviewedGelles, Richard J. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1993
Reports on the impact of the Minneapolis (Minnesota) Police Experiment, which indicated that a policy of mandatory or presumptive arrest was a deterrent to domestic violence. Discusses how police departments began to adopt this approach. Recommends that arrest be one of several control methods used in domestic violence cases. (CFR)
Descriptors: Battered Women, Child Abuse, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedCullen, Francis T.; And Others – American Behavioral Scientist, 1996
Explores the impact of race on support for police use of deadly force on fleeing felons. Analysis of a phone survey of 239 Cincinnati residents revealed that both black and white's approval of deadly force depended on the degree of danger and the commission of a violent or nonviolent crime. (MJP)
Descriptors: Conservatism, Crime, Crime Prevention, Criminals
