Latest Research

Law Enforcement Responses

• Apsler, R., Cummins, M., & Carl, S. (2002). Fear and expectations: Differences among female victims of domestic violence who come to the attention of the police.
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• Brown, G. (2004). Gender as a factor in the response of the law enforcement system to violence against partners. Available by contacting Grant Brown at:
  Grant.brown@shaw.ca
• Davis, R.L. Domestic violence: On the front lines. Available at:
  www.policeone.com/writers/columnists/RichardDavis
• Dixon, J., & Dixon, K. (2003, Summer). Gender specific clinical syndromes and their admissibility under the federal rules of evidence.
  American Journal of Trial Advocacy.
• Hamel, J. (2005). Fixing only half the problem: Public policy and batterer intervention.
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• Heleniak, D. (2005). The new star chamber: The New Jersey family court and the prevention of domestic violence act.
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• Hotaling, G., & Buzawa, E. (2003). Foregoing criminal justice assistance: The non-reporting of new incidents of abuse in a court sample of domestic violence victims. National Institute of Justice, NIJ 195667. Available at:
  http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/195667.pdf
• Maxwell, C., Garner, J., & Fagan, J. (2001, July). The effects of arrest on intimate partner violence: New evidence from the spouse assault replication program. National Institute of Justice, NCJ 188199.
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• Shernock, S. (2005). Police categorization and disposition of non-lethal partner violence incidents involving women offenders in a statewide rural jurisdiction with a presumptive arrest policy.
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