Appropriate police response to domestic violence: Comparing perceptions of Chinese and American college students

Perceptions of Why Women Stay in Physically Abusive Relationships: A Comparative Study of Chinese and U.S. College Students

“…However, there are still gaps in the law and its implementation as police officers have not been trained on how to respond to IPV cases (L. Li et al, 2017). In addition, previous research has found that police in China are reluctant to intervene in IPV incidents, regarding IPV as beyond their responsibilities and sometimes declining requests from victims to file complaints (Sun, Wu, Button, Li, & Su, 2011;Sun et al, 2012). Given police officers' reluctance to intervene in IPV cases and without proper instruction to police officers following the passing of the new law, it is unclear the impact this new law will have on IPV prevalence, reporting, and response in China.…”

Is it funny because it's not true? Chinese people's perceptions of aggressive female characters in Asian comedies

“…This finding was consistent Hester (2005) and Sun, Wu, et al (2011)'s who found Chinese students were more tolerant in domestic violence. Participants in this study may see those behaviors in the TV shows as playful, but similar events happen in reality (i.e., a girl threw coffee in her boyfriend's face in public) were also seen as personal and not appropriate for others to get involved.…”

“…It was reported by Hester (2005) that compared to British college students, Chinese college students tended to be more tolerant of domestic violence. Sun, Wu, et al (2011) examined the American and Chinese college students' perception of police attitudes towards domestic violence. They found that Chinese college students were more likely to favor a traditional response, which they defined as "non-supportive attitudes towards police intervention and an endorsement of passive response to domestic violence" (p. 83).…”

Spousal abuse and social workers : when private sphere goes public

“…This would discourage women to speak up and fight against their abusive partners (Sun, Wu, Button, Li, & Su, 2011).…”

“…Under-reporting is made even worse by traditional Chinese doctrines or beliefs, which prescribe spousal abuse as a kind of ashamed private matter that should not be disclosed to outsiders (Chan, Chun, & Chung, 2008;Sun, Wu, Button, Li, & Su, 2011). For most victims, they still believed that their husbands or the abusers will change eventually (Coalition on Equal Opportunity for Women in Hong Kong, 2006).…”