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Police Response Time To Domestic Violence Calls And Its Effects, Brittney Thorndyke
Police Response Time To Domestic Violence Calls And Its Effects, Brittney Thorndyke
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
In 2011, the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence stated that 1.3 million individuals are victims of domestic violence (DV) every year. This staggering statistic uncovers just how relevant the issue of domestic violence is in the United States. Research has been relatively silent concerning the examination of police officer response time to DV calls for assistance. Response time is important to all calls for service, but is extremely important in domestic violence calls where victims run the risk of physical injury.
This study found that response time did not have a significant effect on whether the offender was present on-scene …