Domestic Violence : Legal Sanctions and Recidivism Rates among Male Perpetrators.

Cosimo examines the effects of civil and criminal legal sanctions for domestic violence related offenses on recidivism and on whether the number of legal sanctions imposed by the courts influences non-recidivism status. With an overall recidivism rate of 30.3%, results show that the risk of recidivi...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Cosimo, S. Deboral
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2011.
Collection:Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Sujets:
Family violence > Texas.
Family violence > Texas > Prevention.
Family violence > Law and legislation > Texas.
Abusive men > Texas.
Recidivists > Texas.
Violence familiale > Texas.
Récidivistes > Texas.
TRUE CRIME > General.
Abusive men
Family violence
Family violence > Law and legislation
Family violence > Prevention
Recidivists
Texas
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Table des matières:
  • CONTENTS; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Domestic Violence: Personal Trouble or PublicIssue?; CHAPTER THREE: Criminal Justice Response to DomesticViolence: Theoretical Frameworks; CHAPTER FOUR: Research Methods and Data; CHAPTER FIVE: Characteristics and Court Involvement of Men inthe Study; CHAPTER SIX: Comparisons between Recidivists and Non-Recidivists; CHAPTER SEVEN: Discussion; CHAPTER EIGHT: Summary and Conclusion; References; Index.

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