In 1984, a study in Minneapolis was conducted to study different police responses in domestic abuse cases. The city was divided into three different responses. One response was to arrest, plus a night in jail
Another response was advising the couple to calm down and a third was ordering the suspect to leave his home for six hours. What did this controversial study reveal? A. There was no difference in the rate of future violence in any of the approaches used by the police.
B. A night in jail cut in half the risk of repeat violence against the victim in the following six months.
C. Advising the couple to calm down cut in half the risk of repeat violence against the victim in the following six months.
D. Ordering the suspect to leave his home for six hours cut in half the risk of repeat violence against the victim in the following six months.
B
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