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11 Just. Q. 99 (1994)
The Relative Contribution of Domestic Violence to Assault and Injury of Police Officers

handle is hein.journals/jquart11 and id is 109 raw text is: THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TO ASSAULT AND INJURY OF POLICE OFFICERS J. DAVID HIRSCHEL CHARLES W. DEAN RICHARD C. LUMEB University of North Carolina at Charlotte The contribution of domestic violence calls to the danger of police work has been a matter of major concern to police, policy makers, and researchers for decades. Building on prior research, the authors examine three years of data on police calls for service, assault, and injury to determine the danger of domestic violence in relation to other types of calls. Of the 10 categories of police activity examined, domestic disturbance ranked fourth in the ratio of assaults to calls for service and fifth in the ratio of injuries to calls for service. No significant differences were observed in the background charac- teristics of victims and offenders in domestic disturbance and other inci- dents. Consequently it was recommended that policies to enhance officers' safety be directed mainly at handling incidents in general rather than being geared specifically to responding to domestic disturbances. The contribution of domestic violence calls to the danger of po- lice work has been a matter of major concern to police, policy mak- ers, and researchers for decades. These calls represent a significant proportion of the calls for service received by police in all jurisdic- tions. Earlier behavioral science research reported that domestic violence calls were the most dangerous for police; this information stimulated widespread adoption of special training and procedures for handling domestic violence situations, including the assignment of extra officers to such calls. At that time, domestic violence gener- ally was viewed as a private matter requiring the police to respond and simply restore order, perhaps employing crisis intervention and mediation techniques. Domestic violence currently is considered more universally a criminal matter. With the proliferation of preferred or mandatory arrest policies in the United States, concern has arisen about an increase in likelihood of injury to officers handling this type of call for service. Recent research based on more sophisticated research JUSTICE QUARTERLY, Vol. 11 No. 1, March 1994 © 1994 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

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