Domestic Violence Policy Drives Violent Arrests
Increase in arrests for domestic violence drove the increase in arrests for all interpersonal violence from 1980 to 2011.
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Prosecution & Disposition of Domestic-Violence Cases
The U.S. criminal justice system treats domestic violence more seriously than other forms of violence. The consistent with sensational public concern.
Intimate-Partner Homicide in Context of Homicide & Suicide
Comprehensive data on homicide, suicide & workplace fatalities makes apparent the anti-men gender bias in sensationalization of intimate-partner homicide.
Expansive Criminalization of Domestic Violence, US 1976-1996
State legislation concerning domestic-violence restraining orders, police and prosecutors’ domestic-violence policies, and victim services for women.
Domestic-Violence Homicides and Suicides: Gender-Consistent Accounting
Domestic violence homicide-suicide incidents accounted for an estimated 40% of U.S. domestic-violence fatalities of all types.
19th-Century Prison Library Book Catalogs
About 6300 prison library books from 15 prison library catalogs dated 1809-1877. Also statistics on distribution of prison books by subject/type.
U.S. Prison Library Statistics about 1977
State and federal prisons about 1977 had 10.2 books per adult and circulated during the year on average 17 books per prisoner.
U.S. Prison Library Statistics about 2000
U.S. prison libraries about the year 2000 held an estimated 7 book per prisoner. Yearly circulation per prisoner was 21 books.
Tragic Poets Competing at Festivals in 5th-century Athens
The workbook estimates the field of tragic poets and their productions (tragic and satyr plays) at City Dionysia and Lenaia festivals from 499 to 407 BCE.