Police Attitudes toward Domestic Violence Offenders

Autor/inn/en	Logan, T. K.; Shannon, Lisa; Walker, Robert
Titel	Police Attitudes toward Domestic Violence Offenders
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21 (2006) 10, S.1365-1374 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260506291653
Schlagwörter	Females; Sanctions; Police; Family Violence; Attitudes; Surveys; Alcohol Abuse; Drug Abuse; Law Enforcement; Victims of Crime; Intimacy; Comparative Analysis; Municipalities; Safety; Justice; Courts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Sanction; Sanktion; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Gesetzesvollzug; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Intimität; Magistrat; Sicherheit; Gerechtigkeit; Court; Gerichtshof
Abstract	Police attitudes are important in facilitating a sense of safety and comfort in women seeking justice-system support for protection from partner violence. This study examined police attitudes toward sanctions and treatment for domestic violence offenders compared with other violent and nonviolent offenders. In addition, police attitudes toward domestic violence offenders who do and do not use substances were examined. Officers from one city police department (n = 315) participated in a survey. Results indicate there is a trend toward attitudes that treatment, rather than sanctions, was more appropriate for domestic violence offenders. In addition, officers rated the use of sanctions higher for domestic violence offenders who abuse alcohol or drugs compared with domestic violence offenders who did not abuse alcohol or drugs. Understanding police attitudes toward domestic violence offenders may have implications for police training and victim services in facilitating the use of the justice system in protecting women from partner violence. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10