Based on your knowledge and experience do you think proactive domestic violence arrest policies deter future acts of domestic violence? Why or Why not?

The Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment

 

Assigned Reading: Thistlethwaite & Wooldredge, Part 1 Chapter 2- The Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment: Does arrest deter crime? pp. 40-47

After reading the article answer the following questions in a discussion posting:

 

1. Do you think the methodology used to complete this study was valid?

2. What limitations do you see in the way the study was conducted?

3. Based on your knowledge and experience do you think proactive domestic violence arrest policies deter future acts of domestic violence? Why or Why not?

 

 

the minneaPolis Domestic violence exPeRiment: Does aRRest DeteR cRime? Sherman, L., and R. Berk (1984).

“The Specific Deterrent Effects of Arrest for Domestic Assault.” American Sociological Review 49:261–72.