Legal remedies for spousal abuse: Victim characteristics, expectations, and satisfaction

Horton, Anne L.; Simonidis, Kyriacos M.; Simonidis, Lucy L.

doi:10.1007/bf00976544

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“…prevalent. There is, however, consensus among researchers on a number of dimensions: woman battering is prevalent, affecting approximately 1.6 million women each year (Straus & Gelles, 1986); violence in intimate relationships increases in severity and frequency over time (Hilbert & Hilbert, 1984;Hornung, McCullough, & Sugimoto, 1981;Okun, 1986;Roberts, 1984;Stacey & Shupe, 1983;Walker, 1985); and numerous barriers exist which limit women's abilities to leave abusive partners (Aguirre, 1985;Gondolf, 1988;Hilbert & Hilbert, 1984;Hofeller, 1982;Horton, Simonidis, & Simonidis, 1987;Sidel, 1986;Strube & Barbour, 1983).…”

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An advocacy intervention program for women with abusive partners: Initial evaluation

Sullivan

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Basta

et al. 1992

American J of Comm Psychol

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Experimentally tested the hypotheses that (1) battered women are in need of numerous community resources upon exit from a domestic violence shelter, (2) working with advocates increases women's effectiveness in obtaining needed resources and social support, and (3) success in obtaining resources and social support increases women's levels of life satisfaction and decreases their risk of further abuse. The initial findings of a short-term intervention project designed to provide postshelter advocacy services to women with abusive partners are presented. One-hundred forty-one battered women were interviewed immediately upon their exit from a domestic violence shelter as well as 10 weeks thereafter. Half the sample was randomly assigned to receive the services of trained advocates who assisted them in accessing needed community resources. Women who worked with advocates reported being more effective in accessing resources and had higher levels of social support and overall quality of life postintervention. Although all women reported some decrease in postshelter abuse, there were no differences between those with and those without advocates, and abuse continued to be a problem for many women.

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An advocacy intervention program for women with abusive partners: Initial evaluation

Sullivan

Tan

Basta

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“…Based on his findings, he argues that restraining orders offer a false sense of security. Many women have reported dissatisfaction with law enforcement and the legal system's response to orders of protection (Hofeller, 1982;Rigakos, 1995) although they felt that the decision to get restraining orders was a good idea (Horton, Simonidis and Simonidis, 1987). While other studies (Zoellner, Feeny, Alvarez, Watlington, O'Neill, Zager and Foa, 2000;Fischer and Rose, 1995;Kirkwood, 1993) suggest that battered women may be reluctant to seek protective orders out of fear of retaliation.…”

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Protective orders in domestic violence cases in a mid‐western county

Kethineni

Falcone

2001

The Justice Professional

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Demographic profiles of offenders and victims, prior criminal histories, severity of prior dispositions, victim/offender relationships, and the nature of current violations and dispositions were examined. The study also examined the relationship between prior criminal charges and current offenses. The results show that there was no relationship between the type of prior charges and the nature of current offense, indicating that the nature of prior offenses does not predict whether a person will commit domestic violence or violate orders of protection. Severity of prior disposition, especially prior prison sentence, did not predict the type of reoffense committed. Some form of court supervision with a jail sentence seemed to be a viable alternative for first-time domestic violent offenders.

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“…Overall, responses tend to be mixed. For example, consider three studies that reveal fairly high levels of satisfaction among female victims: Harrell and Smith (1996) report that a majority of the women in their sample felt that obtaining a PO was a worthwhile investment, as did 94% of the women interviewed by Horton, Simonidis, and Simonidis (1987). Similarly, nearly three-quarters of the women in a study conducted by Grau et al (1985) stated that their POs were either "somewhat effective" or "very effective" (p. 22).…”

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“…Therefore, the primary independent variable is type of relationship violence, or whether the relationship between the victim and abuser is characterized by patriarchal terrorism (coded as 1) or common couple violence (coded as 0). To create this measure, three existing variables that identify violent behaviors were selected: (1) whether the abuser has ever beaten or choked his partner (Harrell & Smith, 1996;Horton et al, 1987), (2) whether the abuser has ever forced his partner into sexual activity (Chaudhuri & Daly, 1992;Grau et al, 1985;Harrell & Smith, 1996;Horton et al, 1987;Klein, 40 WOMEN & CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1996), and (3) whether the abuser has ever threatened to use or actually used weapons against his partner at any time during the relationship (Chaudhuri & Daly, 1992;Harrell & Smith, 1996). A positive response to any of these three criteria resulted in a score of 1 (indicating patriarchal terrorism), while negative responses to all three resulted in a score of 0 (indicating common couple violence).…”

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“…Second, domestic violence research typically includes demographic items such as victims' socioeconomic status and level of education (Carlson et al, 1999;Chaudhuri & Daly, 1992;Grau et al, 1985;Horton et al, 1987); therefore, the present analysis includes measures of victims' employment status, level of education, race, and age. (Regrettably, demographic information for abusers either contained too many missing values or simply was not available for inclusion in this analysis.)…”

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Evaluating the Efficacy of Protection Orders for Victims of Domestic Violence

Burgess‐Proctor

2003

Women & Criminal Justice

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The purpose of this study is to gauge the efficacy of protection orders for victims of domestic violence. The theoretical basis for this analysis is Johnson's (1995) theory that there exist two distinct forms of domestic violence: "common couple violence," which consists of low-grade, mild abuse that is equally perpetrated by both men and women, and "patriarchal terrorism," which involves severe mental and physical abuse that is used primarily by men to control their female partners. Based on Johnson's theory, it is hypothesized that protection orders will be less effective for women who experience patriarchal terrorism than for women who experience common couple violence. The results of this analysis indicate that the primary independent variable, that is, whether a woman experiences common couple violence or patriarchal terrorism, is not a good predictor of protection order violation. However, several secondary independent variables were found to be significant, including victim's race and employment status, as well as the couple's living arrangements at the time of the protection order.

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Legal remedies for spousal abuse: Victim characteristics, expectations, and satisfaction

Cited by 44 publications

References 6 publications

An advocacy intervention program for women with abusive partners: Initial evaluation

An advocacy intervention program for women with abusive partners: Initial evaluation

Protective orders in domestic violence cases in a mid‐western county

Evaluating the Efficacy of Protection Orders for Victims of Domestic Violence

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