TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Recording of offences on police domestic violence call outs
JO  - International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
A1  - Fagerlund, Monica
A1  - Kääriäinen, Juha
A1  - Ellonen, Noora
SP  - 119
EP  - 137
VL  - 42
IS  - 2-3
N2  - Due to new legislation passed in 2011, Finnish police have been legally obligated to record and investigate all assaults, including petty assaults, occurring in close relationships. Referred to as domestic violence (DV), these assaults can be prosecuted even without victim consent. Much like pro- and mandatory arrest policies, this reform was aimed at decreasing victim and police discretion, based on the assumption that recording and preliminary investigation of every DV incident would help prevent further violence. Comparison between police call outs and the number of offences indicate that in reality not every DV incident is recorded. Using Police and Emergency Call Database data merged with 410 police officer survey responses, the current study presents the first empirical results on legal and extra-legal factors associated with recording DV as an offence in Finland. Factors explaining non-recording are discussed based on police officers' free-text comments, and implications for policy and practice are presented.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0192-4036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2017.1364277
ID  - ref1
ER  -