Police attitudes in assigning responsibility for wife abuse

Lavoie, Frank W.; Jacob, Marni L.; Hardy, Jaime K.; Martin, Graham

doi:10.1007/bf00978577

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“…Using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, Bachman and Coker (1995) also found a greater likelihood of arrest in cases in which African American men had victimized African American women as compared to White victims and offenders, cases involving unmarried women (single, divorced, separated), and cases involving first-time offenders. The fact that offenders with a history of prior violence were less likely to be arrested is troubling in relation to victim safety but is consistent with research by LaVoie, Jacob, Hardy, and Martin (1989) that found that a history of abuse by the offender had no significant effect on police attributing responsibility in vignettes representing domestic violence. Bachman and Coker (1995) suggest that one factor at play may be that prior offenders may have learned how to comport themselves with proper deference to the police at the scene of arrest, a supposition supported by other research suggesting that the demeanor of an offender is a factor in arrest practices (Fyfe et al, 1997;Klinger, 1996).…”

Section: Police Response To Violence Against Womensupporting

confidence: 75%

Intimate Partner Violence and the Justice System

Jordan

2004

J Interpers Violence

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Women entering the court system face a challenging experience, in part, because a courtroom can be an intimidating and difficult place for any person, and in part because women victimized by crimes in which the offender is known to them face distinctive difficulties when they seek the court's remedies. The interface is also made more challenging for women as the literature offers disparate findings as to the efficacy of criminal justice responses and civil remedies. This article briefly explores the unique characteristics of intimate partner violence cases that influence the interface of these victims with the court system. Areviewis provided of research on the criminal justice interventions in cases of intimate partner violence; and research on the efficacy of civil protective orders.

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Section: Police Response To Violence Against Womensupporting

confidence: 75%

Intimate Partner Violence and the Justice System

Jordan

2004

J Interpers Violence

102

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“…Research has found that police officers hold the drinking assailants responsible for their actions (Aramburu & Leigh, 1991;Corenblum, 1983;Leigh & Aramburu, 1994;Waaland & Keeley;1985). Lavoie, Jacob, Hardy and Martin (1989) found that police officers did not attribute significantly more responsibility to a man if he was intoxicated. However, research by Richardson and Campbell (1980) has indicated that a drunken assailant is blamed less than a sober one.…”

Section: Judgement Of Blamementioning

confidence: 91%

Police officers’ judgements of blame in family violence: The impact of gender and alcohol

Stewart

Maddren

1997

Sex Roles

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This study investigated police officers' judgements of blame to both victims and assailants of family violence. Furthermore, the impact of these judgements on the reported likelihood of charging the assailants with assault was examined. The sample was selected from operational police officers of the Queensland Police Service. The sample included 51 male officers and 46 female officers. Ethnicity was not examined. However, 1.3% of police officers identify as Indigenous and 5.8% of officers come from non-English speaking backgrounds. The subjects were presented with one of eight case vignettes of assault. In these vignettes two factors were varied, the victim gender (male and female), and alcohol consumption of the victim and assailant (both the assailant and the victim were drunk, neither were drunk, the assailant was sober and the victim drunk,

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“…Cook, Fisher, and Shirkey (1991) found that over 30% of a community sample of respondents believed that a wife's yelling is never acceptable behavior, and over 60% believed that it is never acceptable for her to slam a door on her husband. Some police officers believe that a woman is more responsible for abuse when she has shown "verbal antagonism" (Lavoie, Jacob, Hardy, & Martin 1989). It has also been found that higher blame and derogation are assigned to women who use verbal provocation prior to abuse (Kristiansen & Giulietti, 1990;Pierce & Harris, 1993).…”

Section: Provocationmentioning

confidence: 96%