Loglinear Analysis of Abused Wives' Decisions to Call the Police in Domestic-Violence Disputes

• NCJ Number: 123737
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 18 Issue: 2 Dated: (1990) Pages: 147-159
• Author(s): I M Johnson
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 18 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Data were collected from 426 battered women who sought help from spouse-abuse shelter located in central Florida.

Abstract

This article examined the relationship between the victims' demographic, economic, and situational characteristics and their decisions to call the police by using the multivariate modeling technique of loglinear analysis. The results indicate that the victims' decisions to call the police are not dependent upon their demographic, economic, and situational characteristics. 4 tables, 54 references. (Author abstract)