Modeling Prosecutors' Charging Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases
Modeling Prosecutors' Charging Decisions in Domestic Violence Cases
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家庭暴力案件中检察官指控决定的建模
DOI：
10.1177/0011128705282496
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Eric S. Mccord
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作者：
J. Worrall;Jay Ross;Eric S. Mccord
解释检察官在刑事案件中指控决定的研究相对较少。对家庭暴力案件中的指控决定的关注更少。过去的研究也依赖于家庭暴力的限制性定义，特别是男性罪犯和女性受害者的案件，他们没有考虑检察官的决定，追求轻罪而不是重罪指控，反之亦然。针对这些限制，作者收集了南加利福尼亚城警察提起的245起家庭暴力案件中检察官指控决定的数据。然后，他们研究了受害者、罪犯和案件特征对检察官指控决定的影响。作者发现，（a）逮捕和受害者严重受伤与检察官的指控决定有关，（B）男性嫌疑人更有可能受到刑事指控，（c）受害者倾向于起诉可能导致重罪而不是轻罪指控。
Relatively little research explaining prosecutors'charging decisions in criminal cases is available. Even less has focused on charging decisions in domestic violence cases. Past studies have also relied on restrictive definitions of domestic violence, notablycases with male offenders and female victims, and they have not considered prosecutors'decisions to pursue misdemeanor instead of felony charges—or vice versa. In response to these limitations, the authors collected data on prosecutors'charging decisions in 245 domestic violence cases filed by police officers in a Southern California city. They then examined the effects of victim, offender, and case characteristics on prosecutors' charging decisions. The authors found that (a) arrest and serious victim injuries were associated with prosecutors'charging decisions, (b) criminal charges were more likely in cases with male suspects, and (c) victim preference for prosecution was likely to result in felony rather than misdemeanor charges.