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lindiwe · **on:** Aug 17, 2018

In 1984, a study in Minneapolis was conducted to study different police responses in domestic abuse cases. The city was divided into three different responses. One response was to arrest, plus a night in jail. Another response was advising the couple to calm down and a third was ordering the suspect to leave his home for six hours.
What did this controversial study reveal?

A) There was no difference in the rate of future violence in any of the approaches used by the police.
B) A night in jail cut in half the risk of repeat violence against the victim in the following six months.
C) Advising the couple to calm down cut in half the risk of repeat violence against the victim in the following six months.
D) Ordering the suspect to leave his home for six hours cut in half the risk of repeat violence against the victim in the following six months.

Question 2

A man and a woman get into an argument in a bar. The man says to the woman, You're jealous and you're fat The argument escalates and the woman kicks the man in the groin and punches him in the face, resulting in a broken nose.

Police are called in to investigate and they interview the victim, the suspect, the suspect's girlfriends, several men that were sitting at the same table as the victim, the female bartender, and a couple unknown to anyone else in the bar.

Who is the best witness (or witnesses) in this incident?

A) The victim
B) The men sitting at the table
C) The bartender
D) The couple unknown to anyone else in the bar