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Intimate Partner Violence Incidence and Characteristics: Idaho NIBRS 1995 to 2001 Data

Idaho State Police Department

Mary K. Stohr

Boise State University

Marcus Purkiss

Boise State University

Aggregate research on intimate partner violence (IPV) and its context presents special challenges. It was not until the development of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) that it was possible to efficiently cull out the IPV incidents from other crimes in police reports. In this research, we use 7 years of NIBRS data from one rural mountain state to identify the situational descriptors that serve as the ingredients in the "chemistry of crime." We found that there is a tendency for IPV incidents to occur late at night, on the weekends, and on certain distinctive holidays. Such information may confirm what many have known anecdotally and help policy makers to best direct scarce prevention-related resources.

Key Words: NIBRS • victimization • domestic violence • intimate partner violence

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