Doctoral Dissertation Research: Policing Citizenship in the United States: Violence and Differential Access to Public Space

这个博士论文研究项目探讨了性别动态如何引导国家对家庭私人空间内发生的暴力行为的公共反应。公共空间和私人空间的空间区分对于亲密伴侣暴力的概念化以及作为公共安全和公民保护问题的警务实践至关重要。该项目的目的是研究公共空间与公民身份之间的联系，国家及其在解决公民安全需求方面的作用，以及在此过程中受害者的经历。三个关键问题指导本研究：1)性别动态如何影响亲密伴侣暴力的警务策略？2)这种警务的性别化如何影响与公共空间和安全相关的公民经验和实践？3)在特定的地点和时代，警务策略的性别化如何影响女性作为公民的经历？虽然关于恐怖主义和暴力的批判性学术最近一直在解决警务的空间性问题，但这些文献中缺乏对地方尺度警务的性别维度的理解。本研究将特别关注亲密伴侣暴力的警务，通过对影响妇女进入公共空间和公民权利的警务策略的性别和空间动态提供新的见解，解决这一差距。此外，该项目还将促进有关警务与治理、私人空间与警务、警务与排斥的学术辩论。最后，本研究通过研究国家与受害者之间的当前关系、美国境内的警务实践以及这些过程对受害者生活经历的影响，推进了对政治进程如何影响妇女在国家内作为公民地位的理解。本研究将在宾夕法尼亚州中部进行定性研究。除了通过地理和以女权主义为基础的学术期刊进行学术传播外，本研究的结果将以非学术社区可访问的格式传播，因为它们涉及与社会相关的社区警务策略。项目成果将在公开座谈会上介绍，并将在向地方和州社区组织以及全国反对家庭暴力联盟提交的报告中提供，以便它们能够对有关亲密伴侣暴力的政策制定和警务实践产生影响。作为博士论文研究改进奖，该项目将支持有前途的学生建立独立的研究生涯，同时为解决亲密伴侣暴力问题提供及时的研究。

This doctoral dissertation research project examines how gender dynamics guide the state's public response to violence that occurs within the private space of the home. The spatial distinction of public and private space is critical to the conceptualization of intimate partner violence as well as to policing practices as a matter of public security and citizen protections. The project's objective is to study the connections between public space and citizenship, the state and its role in addressing the security needs of its citizens as well as the experiences of victims in this process. Three key questions guide this research: 1) How do gendered dynamics affect policing strategies regarding intimate partner violence? 2) How does the gendering of this policing affect the experience and practice of citizenship in relation to public space and security? 3) How does the gendering of policing strategies affect women's experience as citizens in particular places and times? While critical scholarship on terrorism and violence have recently been addressing the spatiality of policing, absent from this literature is an understanding of the gendered dimensions of policing at a more local scale. With a specific focus on the policing of intimate partner violence, this research will address this gap by providing new insights into the gendered and spatial dynamics of policing strategies that affect women's access to public space and citizenship rights. Further, this project will contribute to scholarly debates on policing and governance, private space and policing, and policing and exclusion. Lastly, this research advances understandings of how political processes affect women's position as citizens within the state by examining the current relationship between the state and victims, policing practices within the US and the impact of these processes on the lived experiences of victims. This research will be conducted via a qualitative study in central Pennsylvania. In addition to academic dissemination via geographic and feminist-based scholarly journals, results from this research will be disseminated in formats accessible to non-academic communities as they address socially-relevant community policing strategies. Project results will be presented in public symposia and results will be made available in reports to local and state community organizations as well as the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in such a way that they will be able to make on an impact on policy-making and policing practice regarding intimate partner violence. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this project will provide support to enable a promising student to establish an independent research career while providing timely research to address the issue of intimate partner violence.