{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "restricted public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "This study evaluated advocacy services offered to battered\r\n women in Detroit, Michigan, and examined other aspects of coordinated\r\n community responses to domestic violence by focusing on women named as\r\n victims in police reports. Advocacy was defined as those services\r\n provided to support victims during the legal process or to enhance\r\n their safety. For the Preliminary Complaint Reports Data (Part 1), a\r\n random sample of preliminary complaint reports (PCRs), completed by\r\n police officers after they responded to domestic violence calls, were\r\n gathered, resulting in a sample of 1,057 incidents and victims. For\r\n Victim Advocacy Contact Data (Part 2), researchers obtained data from\r\n advocates' files about the services they provided to the 1,057\r\n victims. For Case Disposition Data (Part 3), researchers conducted a\r\n computer search to determine the outcomes of the cases. They looked up\r\n each perpetrator from the list of 1,057 incidents, and determined\r\n whether there was a warrant for the focal incident, whether it turned\r\n into a prosecution, and the outcome. The Initial Victim Interview\r\n (Part 4) and Follow-Up Victim Interview Data (Part 5) were conducted\r\n from April 1998 to July 1999. During the same period that researchers\r\n were completing the second interviews, they also interviewed 23 women\r\n (Victim Comparison Group Interview Data, Part 6) from the list of\r\n 1,057 whom they had been unable to reach during the first interviews.\r\n They compared these 23 women to the 63 who had second interviews to\r\n determine if there were any differences in use of services, or views\r\n toward or participation in prosecution. Variables in Part 1 focus on\r\n whether alcohol and abuse were involved, previous incidents, the\r\n suspect's psychological aggressions and physical assaults, if a weapon\r\n was used, if the victim was hurt, if property was damaged, if the\r\n victim sought medical attention, and the severity of physical abuse or\r\n injury. Variables in Part 2 provide information on the role of the\r\n advocate, methods of contact, types of referrals made, and services\r\n provided. Variables in Part 3 include the type of charge, outcome of\r\n resolved case, why the case was dismissed, if applicable, and if the\r\n suspect was sentenced to probation, costs, confinement, no contact\r\n with the victim, a batterer program, or community service. The\r\n initial, follow-up, and comparison group interviews (Parts 4-6) all\r\n collected similar information. Variables about the incident include\r\n how well the respondent remembered the incident, if police arrived\r\n promptly, if the respondent was advised to file charges, if police\r\n told the respondent that a counselor was available, and if the\r\n respondent's partner had been in jail since the incident. Variables\r\n concerning advocacy include whether the victim contacted advocates,\r\n and if advocates provided legal help and referrals. Legal system\r\n variables include whether the respondent felt pressured by anyone to\r\n drop charges or pursue charges, if the respondent received help for\r\n preliminary examination or trial, and if contact with the legal system\r\n helped the respondent. Variables about services include whether the\r\n respondent received assistance in temporary shelter, food/money\r\n resources, child care, employment, education, a lawyer for\r\n divorce/custody, support or self-help group, or a substance abuse\r\n treatment program. Variables concerning what happened in the previous\r\n six months cover the number of times the respondent had called police\r\n because of danger, left home because of a violent incident, partner\r\n had been arrested because of violence, and partner physically abused\r\n respondent. Variables about events that occurred while the respondent\r\n and abuser were separated include how often the partner harassed the\r\n respondent on the phone, wrote threatening letters, violated legal\r\n restrictions, refused to leave the respondent's home, failed to pay\r\n child support, and threatened to take the children. Demographic\r\n variables include respondent's race or ethnic background, education,\r\n marital status, number of children, number of children who lived with\r\n respondent, and employment status and income at the time of the\r\ninterviews.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03017.v2", "title": "Evaluation of Victim Advocacy Services for Battered Women in Detroit, 1998-1999"}], "identifier": "3821", "issued": "2001-09-20T00:00:00", "keyword": ["advocacy", "battered women", "domestic violence", "legal aid", "police records", "police response", "prosecution", "victims", "violence against women", "women"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2012-08-22T09:04:20", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "rights": "These data are restricted due to the increased risk of violation of confidentiality of respondent and subject data.", "title": "Evaluation of Victim Advocacy Services for Battered Women in Detroit, 1998-1999"}