Specific deterrent effects of arrest for domestic assault, Minneapolis, 1981-1982

Description

This data collection contains data on 330 domestic violent events. The data were collected between March 1981 and September 1982. There are several parts to this collection. The first deals with information about domestic assault incidents taken from the persons involved in such incidents. Interviews were conducted with all parties to the domestic assault. Included here are such items as socio-economic and demographic attributes of the suspect and victim, their relationship (husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend, lover, divorced, separated), the nature of the argument that spurred the assault, the presence or absence of physical violence, and the nature and extent of police contact in the incident. In addition to data on the individuals involved in the disputes, police arrest records were also documented. The date of the crime, the ethnicity of the participants, the presence or absence of alcohol or drugs, a weapon, and a police assault in the incident were also recorded.