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Violence against women · Apr 2006
Arresting developments: trends in female arrests for domestic violence and proposed explanations.
- William Deleon-Granados, William Wells, and Ruddyard Binsbacher.
- Criminology, Program and Policy Consultancy, San Rafael, CA, USA.
- Violence Against Women. 2006 Apr 1; 12 (4): 355-71.
AbstractThis article represents an effort to generate more systematic and specified discussion on the topic of unintended consequences in the movement to decrease violence against women. In this case, the consequence is increases in female arrests for domestic violence. This article builds on recent discussions by first using a sample of data to examine felony domestic violence arrest rates for men and women. The data support the conclusion that domestic violence arrests of women have increased. Second, the article presents six explanations that are derived from existing literature. Although the authors do not offer empirical tests of these explanations, this presentation can play an important part in better understanding the outcomes of criminal justice policies that are aimed at increasing victim safety.
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