Police Intervention In Acts Of Domestic Violence

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Police intervention in acts of domestic violence did not occur until the 1970’s and 1980’s when the feminist movement was at its peak. The collective perception among officers was that domestic violence calls were inherently dangerous to their safety in comparison to other incidents (Phillips and Sobol 2010). Per White, Goldkamp, and Campbell (2005), in 1967 the International Association of Chiefs of Police concurred that arrests in domestic disagreements should only occur as a last resort, a view upheld by the American Bar Association and subsequently published as standards for police functions in both associations policy manuals in 1973. This policy of under-enforcement continued to dominate police response across the nation until women’s