The Relationship Between Individual Police Officer Work Habits and the Stated Reasons Prosecutors Reject Their Domestic Violence Investigations

被引：7
作者：
Nelson, Eric L. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA
来源：
SAGE OPEN | 2013年 / 3卷 / 04期
关键词：
police; domestic violence; prosecutor; investigation; rejection;
D O I：
10.1177/2158244013511826
中图分类号：
C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
In the United States, 70% of all non-arrest domestic violence (DV) police investigations are rejected by prosecutors. Using DV investigation data, the routine work habits of two groups of police officers were compared across six measures. Cases submitted by routinely lower effort (RLE) officers are rejected 270% more often, sustaining an average of 4.00 criticisms each, compared to 2.21 for routinely greater effort (RGE) officers. RLE officers submit ambiguous investigations (58% v. 0%), and cases with insufficient evidence (74% vs. 36%). The Proficiency Score (P Score) quantitative monitoring method is presented and validated. This method identifies RLE officers, and also specific areas of deficient individual investigative practice in need of improvement. With improvement, rates of prosecution and conviction for DV crime should increase substantially.
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