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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: RESEARCH IN REVIEW
Bureau of Justice Research and Innovation
(formerly Office of Justice Systems Analysis)
 
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
Table 4B - Domestic Violence Reporting Practices by County - Percents
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
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