April Pattavina
University of Massachusetts Lowell
49 Papers
218 Citations
April Pattavina is an academic researcher from University of Massachusetts Lowell. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Criminal justice. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 46 publications. Previous affiliations of April Pattavina include Wellesley College & University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Papers
•Journal Article
Domestic Violence and Mandatory Arrest Laws: To What Extent Do They Influence Police Arrest Decisions?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the differential arrest outcomes in intimate partner and other domestic, acquaintance, and stranger assaults, and the effect that the statutory framework has on the likelihood of arrest, with an added emphasis on female arrests.
It All Just Piles Up: Challenges to Victim Credibility Accumulate to Influence Sexual Assault Case Processing.
TL;DR: The extent to which the effects of potential challenges to victim credibility, based on victim characteristics and behaviors, influence the arrest decision is examined, and next, how these predictors vary across circumstances is examined.
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•Book
Information technology and the criminal justice system
April Pattavina
- 01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, Terence Dunworth and April Pattavina present an overview of the use of information technology in the criminal justice system and its role in crime reporting and analysis.
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•Posted Content
Stops and Stares: Street Stops, Surveillance, and Race in the New Policing
Jeffrey Fagan,Anthony A. Braga,Anthony A. Braga,Rod K. Brunson,Rod K. Brunson,April Pattavina +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined racial disparities under a unique configuration of the street stop prong of the new policing, and found that minority individuals were disproportionately stopped and arrested more frequently than similarly situated whites, when controlling for local social and crime conditions.
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Assessing the Coverage and Representativeness of the National Incident-Based Reporting System:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the coverage of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) as of 2013 and found that NIBRS covers 29.3% of the U.S. population and 28% of UCR index crimes.
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