title: A comparison of the police response to heterosexual versus same-sex intimate partner violence.
abstract: It has been argued that the police do not respond to domestic calls involving same-sex couples in the same manner as they respond to calls involving heterosexual couples. A major problem facing researchers examining the police response to cases involving same-sex couples has been the lack of adequately sized samples. In this article, the authors utilize the 2000 National Incident Based Reporting System database, which contains 176,488 intimate partner assaults and intimidation incidents reported to 2,819 police departments in 19 states. The key issue examined is whether similar cases involving same-sex and heterosexual couples result in the same police response.
authors.affiliation: University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA.
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pattavina
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hirschel
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Buzawa
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Faggiani
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bentley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D020010:Heterosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016495:Police / Q000592:standards*; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology