title: Mandatory, preferred, or discretionary: how the classification of domestic violence warrantless arrest laws impacts their estimated effects on intimate partner homicide.
abstract: Warrantless arrest laws for domestic violence (DV) are generally classified as discretionary, preferred, or mandatory, based on the level of power accorded to police in deciding whether to arrest. However, there is a lack of consensus in the literature regarding how each state's law should be categorized. Using three classification schemes, this study examined whether variations among these schemes impact research outcomes by analyzing the effects of discretionary, preferred, and mandatory warrantless arrest laws on intimate partner homicide (IPH). Variations in classification schemes and in the dates of law passage presented in the literature resulted in differing estimated effects of the laws.
authors: School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, E. Lansing, MI 48824, USA. zeoli@msu.edu
authors: April M
authors: AM
authors: Zeoli
authors: Alexis
authors: A
authors: Norris
authors: Hannah
authors: H
authors: Brenner
mesh_terms: D003415:Crime / Q000145:classification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000145:classification* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D016495:Police / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018454:Spouses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States