@article{ref1,
title="Improving the linkages between domestic violence referral agencies and the police: A research note",
journal="Journal of criminal justice",
year="1982",
author="Hanewicz, Wayne B. and Cassidy-Riske, Christine and Fransway, Lynn M. and O'Neill, MW",
volume="10",
number="6",
pages="493-503",
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.<p />",
language="",
issn="0047-2352",
doi="10.1016/0047-2352(82)90081-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(82)90081-2"
}