The Impact of Specialized Domestic Violence Units on Case Processing

Regoeczi, Wendy C.; Hubbard, Dana Jones

doi:10.1007/s12103-018-9435-9

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“…The approach may help to build an overall response to victim retraction that encourages long term victim cooperation in future police responses. This in turn could subsequently ease the pressure on developing prosecutions that pursue the suspect without the victim's consent (Regoeczi & Hubbard, 2018).…”

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Cooperative actors in domestic abuse and their association with prosecution: implications for the criminal justice system

2020

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Suggestions to increase prosecution rates in domestic abuse cases often focus on improving victim cooperation and evidence gathering. This study explores the impact of persons involved in abuse investigations by modelling five variables (victim cooperation; witness cooperation; presence of children; suspect admission; and presence of physical evidence) across 540 cases of domestic abuse. The presence of physical evidence, as well as victim and witness cooperation, all increased the likelihood of a charge against the suspect. However, suspect confession often resulted in a police caution, meaning no successful charge. The implications of these findings to improve investigation and prosecution are discussed.

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Cooperative actors in domestic abuse and their association with prosecution: implications for the criminal justice system

2020

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“…This time to clear the crime measure is associated with police productivity as the probability of clearance of the case falls over time. The "cold case" phenomenon in criminal investigations is widely seen as an indication of poor police performance; therefore, time taken to complete the investigation directly relates to the police performance (Regoeczi and Hubbard, 2018;Addington, 2008).…”

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Do workers, managers, and stations matter for effective policing? A decomposition of productivity into three dimensions of unobserved heterogeneity.

Chaudhary

2021

SSRN Journal

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Misallocation of resources in an economy makes firms less productive. I document the roles of heterogeneity, sorting, and complementarity in a framework where workers, managers, and firms interact to shape productivity. The approach I follow uses the movement of workers and managers across firms to identify the distribution of productivity. I webscraped novel microdata of crime reports from the Indian police department and combined them with the worker-level measurement of productivity.Using this data I show that the third source of heterogeneity in the form of manager ability is an important driver of differences in firm productivity. I empirically identify complementarities between workers, managers, and firms using my estimation methodology. Counterfactual results show that reallocating workers by applying a positive assortative sorting rule can increase police department productivity by 10%.

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“…The importance of service referral is underscored by the benefits of advocate involvement, which has improved relations between police and victims, enhanced cooperation, augmented investigative progress, and increased guilty case dispositions (Camacho & Alarid, 2008; Dawson & Dinovitzer, 2001; Regoeczi & Hubbard, 2018). Of note, police agencies may engage in different models of services for victims (Wilson & Segrave, 2011).…”

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Perceptions of Victim Advocates and Predictors of Service Referral Among Law Enforcement Personnel

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Garza

Franklin

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Feminist Criminology

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Limited research exists on police officers’ service provision for sexual and domestic violence survivors after they formally report. This study used surveys from 452 commissioned officers at an urban police department in one of the five largest and most diverse U.S. cities to examine police perceptions of victim advocates, self-reported frequency of referral, and predictors of service referral among police. Findings revealed officers were relatively likely to provide referrals and held somewhat favorable attitudes of advocates. Knowledge of services and positive perceptions of advocates increased the frequency of service referral to victims. Implications and future research directions are discussed.

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The Impact of Specialized Domestic Violence Units on Case Processing

Cited by 10 publications

References 21 publications

Cooperative actors in domestic abuse and their association with prosecution: implications for the criminal justice system

Cooperative actors in domestic abuse and their association with prosecution: implications for the criminal justice system

Do workers, managers, and stations matter for effective policing? A decomposition of productivity into three dimensions of unobserved heterogeneity.

Perceptions of Victim Advocates and Predictors of Service Referral Among Law Enforcement Personnel

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