POLICE ATTITUDES AND DISPOSITIONS IN DOMESTIC DISPUTES: THE
01 January 1991
POLICE ATTITUDES AND DISPOSITIONS IN DOMESTIC DISPUTES: THE
LONDON STUDY
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JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 009394
S M Edwards , Polytechnic of Central London
Police J, Jul/Sep 1986 LVIX(3) pp230-241
Presents some of the findings of the London Domestic Violence
and Policing Study which was conducted during 1984 and 1985 in
Hounslow and Holloway. It examines the response of the police to
calls for assistance, and the attitudes of police officers to the
problem, as well as outlining previous research on the issue and
looking at police initiatives in the United Kingdom and
United States. 49 references .
domestic violence, women, child abuse, Islington, assault,
battered wives
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