Offender Characteristics, Offense Mix, and Escalation in Domestic Violence in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Miami-Dade, Florida, Omaha, Nebraska, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1987-1989
Using data from five Spouse Assault Replication Program
(SARP) sites, this study examined the extent to which domestic
violence offenders exhibit a specialized proclivity toward violence
and the extent to which attack severity escalates, de-escalates, or
stays about the same over time. The specialization question …