DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: RESEARCH IN REVIEW |
JUNE 2003 |
Comparison of Domestic Violence Reporting and Arrest Rates
in New York State: Analysis of the 1997 and 2000 Domestic Incident Statistical Databases
by Adriana Fernandez-Lanier, PhD, Deborah J. Chard-Wierschem, PhD,
and Donna Hall, PhD
|
Proportion of Incidents Involving a Crime
| % Population Covered by Reporting Police Departments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
County
|
1997 with State Police
|
1997
|
2000
|
1997 with State Police
|
1997
|
2000
|
|
Albany
|
0.59
|
0.59
|
0.53
|
85%
|
85%
|
94%
|
|
Allegany
|
0.76
|
0.69
|
0.85
|
91%
|
32%
|
16%
|
|
Broome
|
0.52
|
0.50
|
0.46
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Cattaraugus
|
0.81
|
0.85
|
0.75
|
98%
|
35%
|
13%
|
|
Cayuga
|
0.77
|
0.77
|
0.69
|
97%
|
97%
|
100%
|
|
Chautauqua
|
0.83
|
0.83
|
0.77
|
97%
|
97%
|
86%
|
|
Chemung
|
0.70
|
0.70
|
0.75
|
86%
|
86%
|
81%
|
|
Chenango
|
0.78
|
0.79
|
0.76
|
90%
|
90%
|
93%
|
|
Clinton
|
0.77
|
0.75
|
0.66
|
99%
|
27%
|
26%
|
|
Columbia
|
0.72
|
0.69
|
0.70
|
87%
|
87%
|
78%
|
|
Cortland
|
0.76
|
0.76
|
0.69
|
93%
|
93%
|
98%
|
|
Delaware
|
0.80
|
0.81
|
0.77
|
97%
|
97%
|
100%
|
|
Dutchess
|
0.69
|
0.68
|
0.63
|
90%
|
90%
|
85%
|
|
Erie
|
0.80
|
0.80
|
0.78
|
92%
|
92%
|
97%
|
|
Essex
|
0.90
|
0.88
|
0.76
|
100%
|
30%
|
20%
|
|
Franklin
|
0.82
|
0.86
|
0.71
|
100%
|
31%
|
31%
|
|
Fulton
|
0.83
|
0.83
|
0.85
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Genesee
|
0.72
|
0.72
|
0.69
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Greene
|
0.71
|
0.67
|
0.64
|
79%
|
79%
|
100%
|
|
Hamilton
|
0.69
|
NA
|
NA
|
93%
|
NA
|
NA
|
|
Herkimer
|
0.83
|
0.83
|
0.75
|
88%
|
46%
|
45%
|
|
Jefferson
|
0.67
|
0.64
|
0.61
|
96%
|
96%
|
93%
|
|
Lewis
|
0.75
|
0.76
|
0.83
|
100%
|
100%
|
88%
|
|
Livingston
|
0.74
|
0.74
|
0.60
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Madison
|
0.69
|
0.68
|
0.60
|
94%
|
94%
|
99%
|
|
Monroe
|
0.74
|
0.74
|
0.71
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Montgomery
|
0.81
|
0.80
|
0.76
|
100%
|
100%
|
96%
|
|
Nassau
|
0.54
|
0.54
|
0.46
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Niagara
|
0.82
|
0.82
|
0.79
|
99%
|
99%
|
92%
|
|
Oneida
|
0.74
|
0.74
|
0.66
|
92%
|
92%
|
97%
|
|
Onondaga
|
0.69
|
0.69
|
0.68
|
66%
|
66%
|
67%
|
|
Ontario
|
0.73
|
0.74
|
0.67
|
94%
|
94%
|
93%
|
|
Orange
|
0.82
|
0.83
|
0.76
|
99%
|
85%
|
79%
|
|
Orleans
|
0.82
|
0.97
|
0.89
|
100%
|
37%
|
100%
|
|
Oswego
|
0.77
|
0.76
|
0.68
|
98%
|
98%
|
98%
|
|
Otsego
|
0.79
|
0.81
|
0.80
|
97%
|
97%
|
97%
|
|
Putnam
|
0.83
|
0.84
|
0.77
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Rensselaer
|
0.91
|
0.94
|
0.93
|
100%
|
100%
|
95%
|
|
Rockland
|
0.62
|
0.62
|
0.59
|
71%
|
71%
|
64%
|
|
Saratoga
|
0.63
|
0.59
|
0.64
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Schenectady
|
0.86
|
0.87
|
0.77
|
100%
|
94%
|
95%
|
|
Schoharie
|
0.86
|
0.93
|
0.80
|
97%
|
97%
|
100%
|
|
Schuyler
|
0.83
|
0.82
|
0.83
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Seneca
|
0.77
|
0.77
|
0.71
|
96%
|
96%
|
98%
|
|
St. Lawrence
|
0.75
|
0.72
|
0.63
|
96%
|
96%
|
96%
|
|
Steuben
|
0.83
|
0.81
|
0.77
|
87%
|
27%
|
100%
|
|
Suffolk
|
0.43
|
0.43
|
0.39
|
97%
|
97%
|
99%
|
|
Sullivan
|
0.81
|
0.89
|
0.88
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Tioga
|
0.86
|
0.89
|
0.84
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Tompkins
|
0.78
|
0.80
|
0.73
|
100%
|
100%
|
99%
|
|
Ulster
|
0.78
|
0.79
|
0.77
|
90%
|
90%
|
90%
|
|
Warren
|
0.73
|
0.73
|
0.86
|
97%
|
22%
|
100%
|
|
Washington
|
0.82
|
0.82
|
0.83
|
97%
|
97%
|
91%
|
|
Wayne
|
0.67
|
0.65
|
0.63
|
94%
|
94%
|
94%
|
|
Westchester
|
0.69
|
0.69
|
0.62
|
89%
|
89%
|
91%
|
|
Wyoming
|
0.78
|
0.78
|
0.74
|
94%
|
94%
|
100%
|
|
Yates
|
0.84
|
0.87
|
0.90
|
100%
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
Range
|
.43-.91
|
.43-.97
|
.39-.93
|
66-100%
|
22-100%
|
13-100%
|
|
County Average
|
0.75
|
0.76
|
0.72
|
95%
|
84%
|
87%
|
|
Stan. Dev.
|
0.09
|
0.11
|
0.11
|
7%
|
24%
|
23%
|
|
State Average
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|
NA
|