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Differential Police Treatment Of Domestic And Nondomestic Assaults, Gina Michelle Sajko Apr 2005

Differential Police Treatment Of Domestic And Nondomestic Assaults, Gina Michelle Sajko

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

The current study examines the effects of type of assault and victim gender on police response. Victim accounts of domestic and nondomestic assaults in the San Diego region were examined. This study found that domestic assaults were significantly less likely to result in arrest than nondomestic assaults. Female victims of domestic assaults were more likely to receive police referrals to outside agencies. Assaults with victim injury were more likely to result in arrest for domestic assaults, and within the sample as a whole. The gender of the victim had no effect on arrest.

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Citizen's Satisfaction With The Police, Kim Barshanet Baskerville Apr 2005

Citizen's Satisfaction With The Police, Kim Barshanet Baskerville

Sociology & Criminal Justice Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this research project is to examine three competing models of citizen satisfaction with the police: 1) citizen characteristics, 2) citizen experience with the police, and 3) citizen quality of life issues. Data were taken from Criminal Victimization and Perceptions of Community Safety in 12 Cities, 1998. The relationship between citizen satisfaction and the three models were tested by examining different types of contact between police and citizens, race, age, gender, and quality of life, which was measured by satisfaction with neighborhood and satisfaction with city. In addition, an item labeled disorder, which takes into consideration acts of …

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Social Divisions And Coercive Control In Advanced Societies: Law Enforcement Strength In Eleven Nations From 1975 To 1994., Stephanie L. Kent, David Jacobs Aug 2004

Social Divisions And Coercive Control In Advanced Societies: Law Enforcement Strength In Eleven Nations From 1975 To 1994., Stephanie L. Kent, David Jacobs

Sociology & Criminology Faculty Publications

Conflict theory suggests that economic stratification poses a threat to order, so we should expect increased inequality to lead to a greater capacity for coercive control. The police are the primary agency that uses force to preserve order, yet we know little about the effects of economic divisions on police size in advanced nations besides the United States. The generality of findings based on a fixed-effects panel design applied to 11 developed nations should provide increased insight about how coercion is used to preserve domestic order. Other social divisions that should matter include minority presence and unemployment. With economic development, …

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Vehicular Police Pursuits, Bradley B. Drayna Apr 2004

Vehicular Police Pursuits, Bradley B. Drayna

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

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Ua1c11/91/1 Wku Police Department, Wku Police Jan 1999

Ua1c11/91/1 Wku Police Department, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

Composite photo of members of the WKU Police Department in 1999. Top row l to r: Mike Dowell, Eugene Hoofer, Jerry Phelps, Horace Johnson, Ed Wilson, Mike Wallace, Gordon Turner, Brian Ward. 2nd row l to r: Jody Burton, David Gordon, Mike Waldrop, Kelly Anderson. 3rd row l to r: Jeff Eversoll, Damon Fleming, Lisa Grigsby, Kerry Hatchett, Lee McKinney, Allen Polk, Ricky Powell, Tony Purcell, Jared Rickard, Terry Scott. 4th row l to r: Jeff Welch, Glenn Woodard, Mark Zimmerman, Amanda Basham, Brenda Carver, Pam Pryor, Pete Rich, Pat Murphy, Diann Crump, Donna Hearld.

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Ua1c11/91/2 Wku Police Department Photograph, Wku Police Jan 1987

Ua1c11/91/2 Wku Police Department Photograph, Wku Police

WKU Administration Documents

Composite photograph of members of the WKU Police Department. Top row l to r: Edward Wilson, Paul Bunch, Horace Johnson, Richard Kirby. 2nd row l to r: Gene Whalen, Hugh Heater, Joe Gentry, Jerry Phelps. 3rd row l to r: Eugene Hoofer, Charles Wallace, David Gordon, Mike Howard, Paul Joiner, Jerry Alford, David Dunn, Todd Holder, Tamela Maxwell. 4th row l to r: Larry Pearl, Jim Schaeffer, William Stephens, Linda Boards, Howard Kirby, Pam Pryor, Pat Murphy, Kim Burton, Vicki Wingate.

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