Responses of Police Officers to Cases of Officer Domestic Violence: Effects of Demographic and Professional Factors

Saunders, Daniel G.; Prost, Stephanie Grace; Oehme, Karen

doi:10.1007/s10896-016-9822-2

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“…In addition, findings from the current study also identify areas for future research. Extant research has discussed the importance of legal factors in cases of DV (Felson et al, 2005; Hirschel et al, 2008; Saunders et al, 2016) as well as situational and community characteristics (Eitle et al, 2002; Robinson & Chandek, 2000). The hypothetical scenario included in the current study was not manipulated to examine the influence of legal factors or situational and community characteristics on Chinese officer decision-making.…”

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Correlates of Chinese Police Officer Decision-Making in Cases of Domestic Violence

Wang

Hayes

Zhang³

2019

Crime & Delinquency

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The purpose of the current study is to uncover whether extralegal factors play a significant role in Chinese police officers’ decision-making in response to a hypothetical incident of domestic violence (DV). Data were collected from a sample of Chinese police officers located in southwestern China. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between the attitudes and beliefs of police officers and their decision-making in DV (i.e., recommend putting suspect into custody, victim into custody, and mediation; N = 514). The results suggest extralegal factors associated with culture do exert a significant effect on police officers’ decision-making in cases of DV, but the extent may be minimal. Policy implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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Correlates of Chinese Police Officer Decision-Making in Cases of Domestic Violence

Wang

Hayes

Zhang³

2019

Crime & Delinquency

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“… 2. Scholars have also demonstrated that officer characteristics are relevant to understanding vehicle collisions (Wolfe et al 2015), use of force incidents (McElvain and Kposowa 2008, 2004), responses to domestic violence (Saunders, Prost, and Oehme 2015), and the use of coercion and noncoercion (Sun, Payne, and Wu 2008), among others. …”

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Another Piece of the Puzzle: The Importance of Officer Characteristics and Group Processes in Understanding Post-stop Outcomes

Tillyer

Smith

Lloyd

2019

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Objectives: Investigate the potential relationship between officer characteristics and poststop outcomes during police–citizen encounters. Methods: Data on police-initiated contacts were drawn from a large, racially/ethnically mixed urban environment. Cross-classified, multilevel models were estimated to identify correlates of five poststop outcomes. Results: Officer gender, race/ethnicity, and length of service exerted a direct and/or moderating effect on the likelihood of a traffic citation, criminal citation, and a search. Conclusions: Officer characteristics are a key, yet understudied, component to understanding the complexities of police officer decision-making in police–citizen encounters. The results indicate a noticeable component of the variation in poststop outcomes rests at the officer level thereby substantiating the continued exploration of these relationships. Moreover, the moderating effect of officer characteristics on the relationship between minority citizens and poststop outcomes presents new potential directions for expanding the social conditioning model and offers evidence regarding the in-group versus out-group perspectives within the context of police–citizen interactions. Limitations include omitted variable bias and inexact measurement of some variables.

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“…The current study provides an initial evaluation of The National Prevention Toolkit on OIDV (hereafter, 'Toolkit'), a national training program on OIDV, and expands previous descriptive findings (see Saunders et al, 2016). The brief, web-based training focuses on the dynamics and warning signs of, and responses to OIDV.…”

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Police Responses to Cases of Officer-Involved Domestic Violence: The Effects of a Brief Web-Based Training

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Saunders

2016

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No national research has examined the effect of law enforcement officer training on the problem of officerinvolved domestic violence (OIDV). This study investigated responses of officers (n = 852) to case scenarios of OIDV before and after they participated in the National Prevention Toolkit on OIDV, an online training. Officers were asked how likely they were to take particular actions, including assisting a victim in finding help for domestic violence, arresting the perpetrating officer, and filing an internal report against the officer. Officers' responses from pre-to posttraining indicated their increased likelihood of reacting to scenarios with desirable, victim-supportive behaviours including an increased likelihood of arrest and filing of internal reports. Officers indicated that the Toolkit would influence them and others to intervene in suspected cases of OIDV. Limitations of the methods are discussed. Implications for research, advocacy, and training are provided.

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Responses of Police Officers to Cases of Officer Domestic Violence: Effects of Demographic and Professional Factors

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Correlates of Chinese Police Officer Decision-Making in Cases of Domestic Violence

Correlates of Chinese Police Officer Decision-Making in Cases of Domestic Violence

Another Piece of the Puzzle: The Importance of Officer Characteristics and Group Processes in Understanding Post-stop Outcomes

Police Responses to Cases of Officer-Involved Domestic Violence: The Effects of a Brief Web-Based Training

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