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argeting Domestic Abuse with Police Data
Targeting Domestic Abuse with Police Data
Matthew P. Bland • Barak Ariel
Targeting Domestic Abuse with Police Data
Matthew P. Bland Institute of Criminology University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
Barak Ariel Institute of Criminology University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK Institute of Criminology Faculty of Law, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
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Matthew Bland For Paul Bland, who inspired me to write. Barak Ariel For the victims of domestic abuse.
Preface
Many of the most serious crimes in our society occur between intimate partners or family members. As a result, law enforcement agencies and their public, private and charitable partners have made substantial efforts to increase awareness and recording of domestic crimes. The result has been a rapid growth in recorded cases, accompanied by a thorough catalogue of responses, particularly in police forces. Yet the extent to which these responses are founded on scientific evidence is less clear. While the ‘evidence-based policing’ movement has also been growing rapidly in policing circles, it has not yet caught up with the expansion of domestic abuse policy. This book advances the evidence base around domestic abuse by examining the richest source of data we have on the subject – police records. Yes, not all domestic crimes are recorded by the police, but it is also true that there is no single source of data as ric
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