Replicating Sherman and Beck's pro-arrest study, Gardner, Fagan and Maxwell determined that:

a. Pro-arrest policies were significantly effective and should be required.
b. Pro-arrest policies significantly reduced the number of violent acts in domestic relationships.
c. Pro-arrest policies were only useful in relationships involving an unmarried couple
d. Pro-arrest produced no deterrent effect and the subsequent level of violence increased with arrest


D

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