Intimate Partner Violence and Future Calls for Law Enforcement Assistance: The Impact of the Victim's Race or Ethnicity and Perceptions of Previous Contact with Police

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Main Author:	Hartsough, Molly
Language:	English
Published:	University of Akron / OhioLINK 2017
Subjects:	Sociology Criminology Womens Studies Intimate Partner Violence IPV domestic violence victimization law enforcement police criminal justice policy race ethnicity intersectionality sociology inequality criminology victimology
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1491517694572213

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-akron14915176945722132021-08-03T07:01:21Z Intimate Partner Violence and Future Calls for Law Enforcement Assistance: The Impact of the Victim's Race or Ethnicity and Perceptions of Previous Contact with Police Hartsough, Molly Sociology Criminology Womens Studies Intimate Partner Violence IPV domestic violence victimization law enforcement police criminal justice policy race ethnicity intersectionality sociology inequality criminology victimology Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) impacts thousands of American women every year. This study examines the effect of law enforcement training to improve police officers' attitudes towards victims, and the race or ethnicity of an IPV victim, on her willingness to involve police in future IPV assaults. I propose that higher satisfaction with past police attitudes leads to a higher willingness to involve police in future IPV assaults. I also propose that victims with higher levels of education and paid employment will be more willing to involve police. Data were collected from 547 IPV victims receiving assistance from service providers in New York and Texas. Logit regression was used to examine the relationship between satisfaction with past police attitudes, respondent’s education level, and employment status for the full sample. In addition, by adopting an intersectional analytical approach, I examine these variables using White-, Black-, and Latina-specific models. Results indicate that higher levels of satisfaction with past police attitudes increases an IPV victim’s willingness for future police involvement. The effects of the independent variables operate differently for White, Black, and Latina victims. This study suggests that general police training to develop more compassionate attitudes towards IPV victims does increase an IPV victims’ desire to involve police in the future, although there are variations by race and ethnicity. Social policy should consider how IPV victims are affected by intersections of gender, race or ethnicity, and social class. 2017 English text University of Akron / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1491517694572213 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1491517694572213 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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topic	Sociology Criminology Womens Studies Intimate Partner Violence IPV domestic violence victimization law enforcement police criminal justice policy race ethnicity intersectionality sociology inequality criminology victimology
spellingShingle	Sociology Criminology Womens Studies Intimate Partner Violence IPV domestic violence victimization law enforcement police criminal justice policy race ethnicity intersectionality sociology inequality criminology victimology Hartsough, Molly Intimate Partner Violence and Future Calls for Law Enforcement Assistance: The Impact of the Victim's Race or Ethnicity and Perceptions of Previous Contact with Police
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title	Intimate Partner Violence and Future Calls for Law Enforcement Assistance: The Impact of the Victim's Race or Ethnicity and Perceptions of Previous Contact with Police
title_short	Intimate Partner Violence and Future Calls for Law Enforcement Assistance: The Impact of the Victim's Race or Ethnicity and Perceptions of Previous Contact with Police
title_full	Intimate Partner Violence and Future Calls for Law Enforcement Assistance: The Impact of the Victim's Race or Ethnicity and Perceptions of Previous Contact with Police
title_fullStr	Intimate Partner Violence and Future Calls for Law Enforcement Assistance: The Impact of the Victim's Race or Ethnicity and Perceptions of Previous Contact with Police
title_full_unstemmed	Intimate Partner Violence and Future Calls for Law Enforcement Assistance: The Impact of the Victim's Race or Ethnicity and Perceptions of Previous Contact with Police
title_sort	intimate partner violence and future calls for law enforcement assistance: the impact of the victim's race or ethnicity and perceptions of previous contact with police
publisher	University of Akron / OhioLINK
publishDate	2017
url	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1491517694572213
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Intimate Partner Violence and Future Calls for Law Enforcement Assistance: The Impact of the Victim's Race or Ethnicity and Perceptions of Previous Contact with Police

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