Assignment task: The article: crime, punishment, and a stake in conformity legal and informal control of domestic violence by Sherman
What was the purpose of the study (what did the authors want to know and what were they trying to find out)? Also, how did they conduct the study (describe their research designs and how they went about studying deterrence)?
What did they find (what were their major findings and conclusions from the study)? Did their findings support deterrence arguments? Did arrest work or did it seem to work better for some people than others? Explain.
Does their study seem to suggest that arrest and deterrence works well, or are there some potential problems with using arrest to deter domestic violence? Do you think mandatory arrest policies would greatly reduce domestic violence based on their article/findings, or do you think they might not work so well? Why or why not?