Domestic Violence: The Beginning, Continuation, or Final Act in a Criminal Career?

• NCJ Number: 232513
• Journal: Victims and Offenders Volume: 3 Issue: 4 Dated: October 2008 Pages: 391-411
• Author(s): Eve S. Buzawa; David Hirschel
• Date Published: October 2008
• Length: 21 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: For additional articles in this issue see NCJ-232509-12 and NCJ-232514.

Annotation

This study examined the relationship between domestic violence and a criminal career.

Abstract

This paper uses a life-course perspective to examine the extent to which domestic violence is part of a criminal career. Offenders who commit domestic violence as their first criminal act are compared to offenders for whom domestic violence is merely a continuation of a criminal career and for whom the domestic violence relationship provides an opportunity for the commission of still another type of offense. In addition, there is an examination of patterns in offending and reoffending for males and females. (Published Abstract)