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- Publisher
- Springer Journals
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2018 by Society for Police and Criminal Psychology
- Subject
- Psychology; Psychology, general; Law and Psychology; Criminology and Criminal Justice, general
- ISSN
- 0882-0783
- eISSN
- 1936-6469
- D.O.I.
- 10.1007/s11896-018-9279-8
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
In recent years, law enforcement agencies have enhanced intimate partner violence (IPV) policies and increased the frequency of required training. Yet, there is limited research that addresses how experience and training are related to evaluations of hetero- sexual and same-sex disputants in an IPV incident. This research investigates how officers perceive heterosexual and same-sex disputants in IPV incidents and examines how officer experience, frequency, and recency of required IPV training affect evaluations. Law enforcement officers (n = 309) across 27 states responded to a hypothetical scenario of an IPV incident between a heterosexual or same-sex couple. Dependent variables included perpetrator and victim arrest, perceived fairness of non-arrest options, willingness to provide referrals for perpetrator and victim, and severity of victim injury. Officers believed that the use of some non-arrest options was fairer when the perpetrator was a gay male or heterosexual female and there were no significant effects for arrest options. Referrals to a domestic violence hotline and injury severity varied by perpetrator and victim gender and sexual orientation. While officer experience played a role in non-arrest options, frequency and recency of officer training were not related to dependent variables of interest. Officers embrace evaluations of IPV that demonstrate
Journal
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology – Springer Journals
Published: Jun 1, 2018
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