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Intimate Partner Violence at the Scene: Incident Characteristics and Implications for Public Health Surveillance

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  • Manisha Joshi

    (School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA, manishaj@sp2.upenn.edu)

  • Susan B. Sorenson

    (School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA)

Abstract

Using data that, to our knowledge, have not been used before for this purpose, we examined 9,231 opposite-sex intimate partner violence (IPV) calls for law enforcement assistance recorded in the Compstat system of a large U.S. city. Although women were the predominant victims, injuries were documented more often for men. Only about 1% of incidents were considered a restraining order violation, although many orders were active in the city at the time. The data appeared to be of good quality and just a few changes in recording procedures would increase Compstat’s usefulness for public health in U.S. cities.

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  • Manisha Joshi & Susan B. Sorenson, 2010. "Intimate Partner Violence at the Scene: Incident Characteristics and Implications for Public Health Surveillance," Evaluation Review, , vol. 34(2), pages 116-136, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:evarev:v:34:y:2010:i:2:p:116-136
    DOI: 10.1177/0193841X09360323
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