Under the radar: policing non-violent domestic abuse in the US and UK
Under the radar: policing non-violent domestic abuse in the US and UK
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备受关注：美国和英国的非暴力家庭暴力监管
DOI：
10.1080/01924036.2015.1114001
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
J. Guthrie
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作者：
A. Robinson;Gillian M. Pinchevsky;J. Guthrie
身体暴力只是在亲密关系中获得更大权力的众多工具之一，但法律应对措施因未能识别和应对各种虐待行为（如强制控制）而受到批评。目前的研究使用来自美国和英国的警察样本，利用假设的小插曲来评估警察对家庭暴力的看法，包括那些不一定是身体暴力的事件，但涉及跟踪和其他强制性控制行为，这些行为是有害的，需要干预。分析了国家内部和国家之间的异同。调查结果显示，这两个国家的大多数警官都对家庭暴力以及他们应该如何应对家庭暴力有很好的了解，包括在身体暴力中以及在身体暴力之外。然而，我们对定量和定性数据的分析也表明，在许多警察对家庭暴力的预期中，使用身体暴力是最重要的，当身体暴力不存在时，警察的反应就不那么积极主动。我们的研究发现，在某种程度上，对一些军官来说，非身体虐待确实是“不为人知的”，这种情况在美国军官中比在英国军官中更为明显。研究结果将根据研究地点的背景和对政策、实践和未来研究的影响进行讨论。
ABSTRACT Physical violence is but one of many tools that may be used to gain greater power within intimate relationships, yet the legal response has been critiqued for failing to recognise and respond to the full spectrum of abusive behaviours, such as coercive control. Using a sample of police officers from the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK), the current study utilises hypothetical vignettes to assess police officers’ perceptions of domestic abuse, including those incidents that are not necessarily physically violent, but involve stalking and other coercive, controlling behaviours that are harmful and require intervention. Within- and between-country similarities and differences were analysed. Findings revealed that the majority of officers in both countries possessed a good level of understanding of domestic abuse and how they should respond to it – amidst and beyond the physical violence. However, our analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data also showed that the use of physical violence is at the forefront of many officers’ expectations about domestic abuse, and that when physical violence is absent, the police response is less proactive. Our study finds some support for the idea that non-physical abuse does go “under the radar” to some extent for some officers, and that this is more the case for American officers than their British counterparts. Findings are discussed in terms of context of the research sites and implications for policy, practice and future research.