• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Characteristics Related to Protection Order Use Among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
  • Beteiligte: Durfee, Alesha; Messing, Jill Theresa
  • Erschienen: SAGE Publications, 2012
  • Erschienen in: Violence Against Women
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1177/1077801212454256
  • ISSN: 1077-8012; 1552-8448
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  • Beschreibung: <jats:p> One increasingly important resource for victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) is domestic violence civil protection orders (POs). Using a transdisciplinary framework, this article critically examines the use of POs by IPV victims seeking shelter services. Previous contact with police and medical professionals are the strongest predictors of having obtained a PO; education level, income, age, race, and having children in the shelter are also significant predictors of having obtained a PO. These findings are discussed in the context of previous research on help-seeking behaviors and the growing body of transdisciplinary research on violence against women. </jats:p>