The Variable Effects of Arrest on Criminal Careers: The Milwaukee Domestic Violence Experiment
The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1973-)Published 1 January 1992
Lawrence W. Sherman, Janell D. Schmidt, Dennis P. Rogan, Douglas A. Smith, Patrick R. Gartin, Ellen G. Cohn
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5 In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for example, the prosecution rate for misdemeanor domestic battery was about ten percent at the time the Wisconsin State legislature enacted mandatory arrest for probable cause cases of that offense.In the Milwaukee experiment reported in this article, the prosecution rate was under five percent of all arrests.6 U.S.
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