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Author Cosimo, S. Deboral.

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

Publication Info. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2011.
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Description 1 online resource (168 pages).
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Series Criminal Justice: Recent Scholarship
Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Contents 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.
Summary 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 recidivism is 45% lower for men who experienced two legal sanctions (arrest and probation) relative to men who experienced one legal sanction (civil protective order). Additionally, men with prior criminal court involvement for domestic violence offenses are more likely to recidivate. Rather than reducing o.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subject Family violence -- Texas.
Family violence.
Texas.
Family violence -- Texas -- Prevention.
Family violence -- Law and legislation -- Texas.
Family violence -- Law and legislation.
Abusive men -- Texas.
Abusive men.
Recidivists -- Texas.
Recidivists.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cosimo, S. Deboral. Domestic Violence : Legal Sanctions and Recidivism Rates among Male Perpetrators. El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, ©2011 9781593324889
ISBN 9781593326944
1593326947
9781593324889 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
159332488X (hardcover ; alkaline paper)

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