Citation

Hanewicz WB, Cassidy-Riske C, Fransway LM, O'Neill MW. J. Crim. Justice 1982; 10(6): 493-503.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0047-2352(82)90081-2

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Domestic disputes pose serious threats to police officers and disputants alike. Crisis intervention training programs have improved the ability of police to quell a conflict temporarily, but national studies show that reruns to some households are not unusual, and they are increasingly hazardous. There are a number of service agencies in most jurisdictions having the goal of offering assistance to domestic disputants in hopes of a more permanent resolution to the conflict, but the linkage between these agencies and the police has been unsatisfactory. This article describes a program implemented at the Washtenaw Country Sheriff's Department, Ann Arbor, Michigan, designed to increase the rate of referral contact by domestic disputants. The program was implemented for a six-month period, and increased the follow-up contract rate by 600 percent.