Citation

Corcoran J, Allen S. J. Fam. Violence 2005; 20(1): 39-45.

Affiliation

Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Social Work, Richmond, Virginia; Federal Bureau of Prisons, Fort Worth, Texas

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-005-1508-0

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A police/victim assistance crisis intervention program was evaluated over a 6-month period for its effect on police-related outcomes. Police report data on crisis team cases (N = 96) were compared to a random selection of family violence cases (N = 80) that were not served by the crisis team. The crisis team cases generated more arrests; however, victim cooperation was lower than in noncrisis intervention cases. Implications for work with family violence and victim assistance are discussed, as well as needs for future research.