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For some reason, I did not see these comments earl...

2006-02-08T16:16:00.000-06:00

For some reason, I did not see these comments earlier. At any rate, we struggled with common definitions of domestic violence across police departments. We needed date-specific data, and the only way this was logged commonly was domestic violence dispatches. The actual resolution of cases was not recorded with time precision. Thus, as you suspect, these data would capture cases when neighbors called to report a fight that may have been only loud voices. The time needed to sort through actual police reports or court records would be prohibitive.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.seems to me you have hit a hot b...

2006-02-06T23:22:00.000-06:00

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.seems to me you have hit a hot button!

Actually my question was meant for Sam. But thank ...

2006-02-06T10:51:00.000-06:00

Actually my question was meant for Sam. But thank you David for your input. Which 15 cities were targeted and what were the definitions used by the dispatchers for the term Domestic Violence ? For that matter what is Sam's definition of the term? I suspect that it is somewhat broader than David's. Isn't it true that most departments call any disruption of the general peace coming from a private domicile a domestic call? Including loud arguments for example?

For the record I think that people of either gender who physically abuse other people need to be locked up for the good of society as a whole. I also believe though that since VAWA the advocates David mentions are now backed up by Federal legislation and are re-defining the term to include all sorts of things which reasonable people would not call domestic violence. For the sake of federal funding. I think therefore a definition is in order especially if Sam thinks the study should be considered seriously.

oob, In situations that I am aware of here in New ...

2006-02-06T07:14:00.000-06:00

oob, In situations that I am aware of here in New York State (Family Court and City or County court), Domestic Violence is physical abuse between two persons who share a household -- family members, spouse or domestic partner, parents and children, siblings.

Some advocacy groups include verbal abuse, but I would not.

Just curious as to what you define as domestic vio...

2006-02-05T21:39:00.000-06:00

Just curious as to what you define as domestic violence Dave. Are you talking about all types of violence between two or more people any where. Or are you speaking about domestic violence between two members of the opposite sex?

Thank you very much for this thoughtful informatio...

2006-02-05T14:56:00.000-06:00

Thank you very much for this thoughtful information, Sam. I used it today at my weblog, f/k/a.