• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Enhancing Police Responses to Domestic Violence Incidents : Reports From Client Advocates in New South Wales : Reports From Client Advocates in New South Wales
  • Beteiligte: Goodman-Delahunty, Jane; Crehan, Anna Corbo
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 2016
  • Erschienen in: Violence Against Women
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1177/1077801215613854
  • ISSN: 1077-8012; 1552-8448
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p> In an online survey about experiences with the police complaint system, 239 client advocates described a recent incident in which a client with grounds to lodge a complaint declined to do so. Almost one third of those incidents involved domestic violence. Thematic analysis of case descriptions revealed that many police did not take domestic violence reports seriously. A typology of problematic police conduct was developed. Many officers failed to observe current procedures and appeared to lack knowledge of relevant laws. Citizens feared retaliatory victimization by police and/or perceived that complaining was futile. Implications of these findings are reviewed in light of procedural justice theory. </jats:p>