Police Response to Domestic Violence: The Influence of Individual and Familial Factors

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra M. Stith
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Spouse Abuse ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Police Response ◽  
Police Responses ◽  
The Family

Although police officers are often the first group outside the family to intervene in domestic violence situations, little is known about how individual and family characteristics influence the male police officer’s responsiveness in these situations. This study addressed this issue with data from 72 midwestern male police officers. The officers were asked to respond to vignette scenarios in which husbands had assaulted their wives. Three variables previously related to spouse abuse (sex role egalitarianism, approval of marital violence, and marital stress) and the officer’s use of violence in his own marriage were entered into a path model to predict three different possible police responses (i.e., mediating response, arrest, and antivictim response). The model predicted significant variance in the officer’s hostile response to victims of domestic violence but not to his likelihood of arresting abusers or mediating between the abusive couple. Implications for understanding domestic violence and police response are presented.

Police Response to Mandatory Arrest Laws

1995 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 430-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia I. Mignon ◽  
William M. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Training ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Police Response ◽  
Mandatory Arrest ◽  
Restraining Order ◽  
Weapon Use

Mandatory arrest laws, although controversial, have gained support as one mechanism for reducing domestic violence. This research examines how police officers responded to mandatory arrest statutes. Twenty-four police departments produced data on interventions in 861 cases of domestic violence. Implementing a mandatory arrest law significantly increased arrests of offenders, especially those in violation of a restraining order. Arrest was affected by injury to the victim, use of a weapon, use of alcohol, and presence of a witness. Police training was crucial to the implementation of the mandatory arrest statute.

scholarly journals Police Officers Do Not Need More Training; But Different Training. Policing Domestic Violence and Abuse Involving Children: A Rapid Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemarie Millar ◽  
Michael Saxton ◽  
Carolina Øverlien ◽  
Ruth Elliffe
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Rapid Review ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Police Response ◽  
Final Sample ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Domestic Violence And Abuse

AbstractAlthough the police have been identified as a key service provider when responding to domestic violence and abuse (DVA), very few studies have investigated their response in relation to children. This review aims to examine children’s experiences of police response in the context of DVA and to explore how the police understand and respond to children living with DVA. A rapid review of the empirical literature on the police response to DVA involving children was undertaken. PsycINFO, Web of Science and ProQuest were searched. Studies with a qualitative element, concerning children under 18 with experience of police involvement, or police experiences of children, in the context of DVA were included. The final sample comprised of six studies. Using reflexive thematic analysis, four key themes emerged in relation to children: children’s experiences of DVA; fear, uncertainty, and mistrust of police; confronting “childism”: a matter of children’s rights; and going beyond empathy: equality and justice. Regarding the police, three key themes emerged: variability in police response; limited view of police role; lack of professional competence. The findings underscore the need for awareness raising and an urgent review of the training officers receive regarding the impact of DVA on children. They also highlight the pivotal role of police when responding to DVA where children are present, as well as to advance the frontiers of research by including not only adults and professionals but also the most vulnerable DVA victim: the child.

The Tendency to Make Arrests in Domestic Violence: Perceptions From Police Officers in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (16) ◽  
pp. 4923-4941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruohui Zhao ◽  
Hongwei Zhang ◽  
Yong Jiang ◽  
Xuening Yao
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Chinese City ◽  
Police Responses ◽  
Southern Chinese ◽  
Private Matter ◽  
Officer Attitudes ◽  
Do So

The present study examines police officer attitudes and responses to domestic violence on a sample of 520 officers in a southern Chinese city. The police officers were asked to respond to two vignette scenarios depicting husbands assaulting their wives. The results show high correlations between officer responses to the two vignettes: Husbands are much more likely to be arrested than wives. The results of logistic regression analysis reveal that officers who view their profession as that of a law enforcer are more likely to arrest either husbands or wives. Officers who believe domestic violence to be a private matter are less inclined to arrest husbands, while those who hold profeminist attitudes are more inclined to do so. Finally, the implications are considered for further understanding of police responses to domestic violence in the Chinese context.

Police Response to Domestic Violence

1988 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard K. Caputo
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Police Response ◽  
Emergency Calls ◽  
The Family ◽  
Chicago Police ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The author analyzes the impact of the Family Options project in two Chicago police districts wherein police classified more than 67,000 emergency calls over a thirty-month period. The relationship between these calls and approximately 2,000 referrals made to the Family Options project are examined.

The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children's Perceptions of their Perpetrating and Nonperpetrating Parents

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 779-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen J. Sternberg ◽  
Michael E. Lamb ◽  
Charles Greenbaum ◽  
Samia Dawud ◽  
Rosa Manela Cortes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Spouse Abuse ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Abused Children ◽  
Physically Abused ◽  
Children's Perceptions ◽  
Children’S Perceptions ◽  
The Family ◽  
Negative Perceptions ◽  
Physically Abused Children

The Family Relations Test was completed by 8 to 12-year-old children in order to assess the effects of various types of domestic violence on children's perceptions of their parents, all of whom were living with their children at the time of the study. Thirty-three of the children had been physically abused by their parents within the last 6 months, 16 had witnessed spouse abuse, 30 had been both victims and witnesses of domestic violence, and 31 of the children had experienced no known domestic violence. Groups were matched with respect to socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Physically abused children more frequently reported negative perceptions of their perpetrating parents, but perceived nonabusive parents similarly to children in the comparison group. Children in the four groups did not differ with respect to the number of positive attributes assigned to their parents. In sum, children who experienced different types of domestic violence discriminated between positive and negative aspects of their relationships with their parents and had different perceptions of perpetrating and nonperpetrating parents.

The Efficacy of a Spouse Abuse Model in Accounting for Courtship Violence

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALFRED DeMARIS
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Spouse Abuse ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Heterosexual Relationships ◽  
Courtship Violence ◽  
The Family ◽  
White College

A model consisting of social class, the balance of resources between partners, and experience with violence in the family of orientation—factors that have the greatest salience to spouse abuse—was tested on a sample of 484 white college students, most of whom were currently or previously involved in heterosexual relationships. For males, only being punished harshly as a child was significantly related to inflicting violence on a partner, while being the recipient of violence from a partner was related to both being punished harshly and seeing one's mother hit one's father. For females, the only significant effect was that females who believed that they should have control over the male in a relationship were more likely to be violent with a partner. It is suggested that models based on marital violence may have limited predictive power in accounting for violence during courtship.

scholarly journals Domestic violence: the discourse of women and men involved in criminal proceedings

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anderson Reis de Sousa ◽  
Nadirlene Pereira Gomes ◽  
Fernanda Matheus Estrela ◽  
Gilvânia Patrícia do Nascimento Paixão ◽  
Álvaro Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Conjugal Violence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Case Files ◽  
The Creation

Abstract This qualitative, descriptive research had the purpose of analyzing the discourse of women and men involved in criminal proceedings on their experience of conjugal violence. Interviews were conducted with men in criminal proceedings for marital violence and the respective testimonies of their companions, contained in case files, were analyzed. Data were organized using the NVIVO® 11 software and the Collective Subject Discourse method. The discourses indicate that the reciprocity of the experience of violence is not recognized by the couple. While the woman sometimes transfers the responsibility of the act to the ingestion of alcohol or to herself, the man minimizes the event and questions the legitimacy of the testimony given by his companion. This points to the importance of the creation of spaces for reeducation in the perspective of gender, which would allow the recognition of the grievance by the couple and favor more respectful and harmonious relationships within the family.

Police Responses to Restraining Orders in Domestic Violence Incidents

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 561-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT J. KANE
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Restraining Order ◽  
Restraining Orders ◽  
Police Responses ◽  
Risk Of Injury ◽  
Predictive Strength

The present analysis examines the extent to which police officers arrest domestic violence offenders who violate restraining orders. The study develops a theoretical framework, referred to as the custody-threshold thesis, that considers the decision to arrest to be a function of the officers' goals to satisfy one of several purposes of custody. Findings from logistic regression modeling show that restraining-order violations in domestic violence incidents have the greatest impact on arrest probability when risk of injury to the victim is low, but that as risk increases, the predictive strength of restraining-order violations diminishes. Findings support the custody-threshold thesis, suggesting important policy implications, which are identified and discussed.

scholarly journals Towards the Issue of Impact of the Self-Isolation Regime during the Coronavirus Pandemic on the Marital Conflicts’ Escalation

2020 ◽  
pp. 38-41
Author(s):  
Margarita Anatolyevna Ivchenkova
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
The Self ◽  
Marital Conflicts ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Family ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
The Impact

The paper examines the impact of the self-isolation regime during the COVID-19 pandemic on the emer-gence and escalation of marital conflicts. This issue is relevant not only for Russia, but also for the whole world due to the increasing divorce rates and cases of domestic violence. The author analyzes the forms of manifestation of marital conflicts, which are most likely to be provoked by the conditions of the pandemic and the self-isolation regime. The main theoretical approaches to identifying the caus-es of marital conflicts and forms of marital violence are highlighted. It is concluded that studying the impact of the consequences of the pandemic on the emergence and escalation of conflicts between spouses could be helpful to develop ways to reduce tension during the period of self-isolation and strengthen the institution of the family in modern Russia.

scholarly journals Gender stereotypes as a driver of domestic violence

2018 ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Галина Федоришин
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Learned Helplessness ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Economic Factor ◽  
Marital Violence ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Family

Society pressures men and women into playing certain roles, prescribed by the community and passed down from generation to generation. Gender stereotypes are the most persistent among all social stereotypes. They are a set of conventional generally accepted rules and attitudes in respect to male and female status, codes of conduct, motives behind their actions and need patterns. They consolidate prevailing gender differences and relations. Destructive impact of gender stereotypes can be observed at the family level in various forms of violence against men or women, especially in rural regions. It is mostly women who fall victims to spousal abuse. The range of violations of women's rights is fairly broad, including female trafficking, rape, marital violence, child sexual abuse, cultural practices and traditions directed against female reproductive and sexual health. Studies of both domestic and foreign researchers give grounds for arguing that it is patriarchal attitudes and beliefs concerning the functional and role structure of the family imposed on Ukrainians over the past centuries that account for gender-based violence in the family. However, not all men with such attitudes commit violence in intergender relations. Economic factor seems rather significant in this regard, that is unemployment, wages (victims usually earn less), family budget allocation and some other victimologic character traits (dependent, psychasthenic personality traits, learned helplessness syndrome, etc.), as well as lower education, unhealthy and immoral lifestyle. Biological causes of such violence can be handicaps, health problems or disability. This paper analyses the nature of gender stereotypes, their components and varieties. We explore particular impact of gender stereotypes on acts of domestic violence against men and women and suggest ways to challenge gender stereotypes.

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