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Lally, William; DeMaris, Alfred – Crime & Delinquency, 2012
This study tests two hypotheses regarding factors affecting arrest of the perpetrator in domestic violence incidents. Black's relational-distance thesis is that the probability of arrest increases with increasing relational distance between perpetrator and victim. Klinger's leniency principle suggests that the probability of arrest is lower for…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Probability, Victims of Crime, Intimacy