What was the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment and why was it important? Discuss fully

What will be an ideal response?


This study, conducted in 1980, was the first controlled and randomized test of the effectiveness of arrest on intimate partner violence. The findings were published in 1984 and assessed the effects of various police responses on perpetrators reoffending within a six-month period. The study revealed that arresting the perpetrator in domestic violence cases reduced the chance of reoffending.

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Action taken by states and encouraged by the federal government designed to avoid holding juveniles in adult jails is known as the:

a. status offender project. b. juvenile jail alternative. c. alternative offender program. d. jail removal initiative.

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Modern police departments are open systems that take inputs from the environment, transform some of the inputs into public services, and send them back into the environment as outputs

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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What is utilitarianism? Provide an example of this ethical framework in action.

What will be an ideal response?

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Competing behavior is:

a. assertive/uncooperative b. unassertive/cooperative c. unassertive/uncooperative d. assertive/cooperative

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