Date of Award
5-2018
Culminating Project Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Criminal Justice: M.S.
Department
Criminal Justice
College
School of Public Affairs
First Advisor
Lindsey Vigesaa
Second Advisor
Dick T. Andzenge
Third Advisor
Elizabeth D. Scheel-Keita
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
Domestic Violence
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine whether inmates who were incarcerated within the Minnesota Department of Corrections between January 1, 2014 and December 5, 2016 have domestic violence related criminal histories. Findings indicated that over 60 percent of the sample had a domestic violence related criminal history. Upon closer examination of the data by gender, a bivariate statistical analysis revealed that male inmates were significantly more likely to have a domestic violence related criminal history than their female counterparts. This research documents the notion that domestic violence related criminal histories are not uncommon within the incarcerated population in Minnesota, and specific policy and programming efforts should be explored to address the domestic violence related issues within the inmate population.
Recommended Citation
Hackbarth, Samantha, "An Exploratory Study of the Prevalence of Domestic Violence Related Criminal History and Gender Within a Sample of Inmates in Minnesota" (2018). Culminating Projects in Criminal Justice. 9.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/cjs_etds/9
