Third party roles in intimate partner violence incidents and their effects on police response in a statewide rural jurisdiction

Shernock, Stan

doi:10.1007/bf02806704

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“…Social network connections may be different than in urban areas and Edwards found collective efficacy to be related to greater bystander intervention among a sample of rural young adults who reported taking action when there was risk for relationship violence. Further, drawing from intimate partner violence incident reports to the police in rural areas, Shernock (2005) found that almost half of the bystanders who reported the incident to the police were related to the victim, and that most bystanders in reported cases were not victimized, perhaps because of their close ties. More research is needed to explore such questions.…”

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What difference do bystanders make? The association of bystander involvement with victim outcomes in a community sample.

Hamby

Weber

Grych

et al. 2016

Psychology of Violence

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Objective: To fill gaps in the bystander literature by describing patterns of bystander involvement and associations between bystander involvement and victim outcomes across different types of emotional, physical, and sexual victimizations and to expand these considerations to a rural rather than urban sample. Method: Adults and adolescents (n = 1,703) were surveyed about bystander actions, bystander safety, and victim outcomes (injury, disrupted routine, fear level, and current mental health) for 10 forms of victimization. Results: Bystanders were present for roughly 2 thirds of most victimization types (59% to 67%), except sexual victimization (17%). Relatives were the most common bystanders of family violence and friends or acquaintances were the most common bystanders of peer violence. For all 10 victimizations, more bystanders helped than harmed the situation, but most commonly had no impact. Rates of bystander harm for sexual victimizations were higher than for other types. Especially for peer-perpetrated incidents, victim outcomes were often better when bystanders helped. Bystander safety (unharmed and unthreatened) was consistently associated with better victim outcomes. Conclusion: Bystanders witness the majority of physical and psychological victimizations. These data lend support to the premise of many prevention programs that helpful bystanders are associated with more positive victim outcomes. Bystander prevention should focus on the type of bystanders most commonly present and should teach bystanders ways to stay safe while helping victims.

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Section: Existing Research On Bystander Patternsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What difference do bystanders make? The association of bystander involvement with victim outcomes in a community sample.

Hamby

Weber

Grych

et al. 2016

Psychology of Violence

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“…Crimes which are either reported by a third party, or have a third party witness, are taken more seriously and have a stronger chance of resulting in a positive outcome than crimes reported solely by the victim (Robinson & Chandek, 2000;Shernock, 2005). Some victims may also be unable, or choose not to, report IPV; and/or may choose, for a range of reasons, to return to an abusive situation (see Bell & Naugle, 2005, for a review of stay/leave decisions) all of which underscores the need for a community response.…”

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Propensity to Report Intimate Partner Violence in Australia: Community Demographics

Signal

Taylor

2008

Behav. Soc. Iss.

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) has devastating consequences both for the individuals involved and the community more widely. The role of the community in the prevention of IPV has been noted both in the literature and in recent initiatives within Australia. Contingency-specifying stimuli like community attitudes towards both IPV and women have been suggested to contribute to the prevalence of IPV. Logically the success of any community-based initiative to reduce IPV rests upon individuals of that community being willing to report such violence. As such, there is a need to determine which variables may influence an individual's willingness to report IPV. The aim of the current study was to examine demographic and attitudinal variables to ascertain their relationship with propensity to report. A telephone questionnaire resulted in 1208 valid responses from members of the general community. Results showed a number of variables which were related with report propensity including gender, age, income level and awareness of whom to report such incidents to. These variables and their implications are discussed.

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“…The author further asserts that such third-party influence sends clear signals to both the victim and perpetrator regarding the appropriateness of the abuse. To support this contention, domestic violence arrests have been shown to increase significantly when third parties become complainants or provide sworn statements against the perpetrator (Shernock, 2005). Moreover, Gracia and Herrero (2007) suggest that when third parties have strong beliefs about increasing the costs of domestic violence for the perpetrator and positive attitudes toward engaging the legal authorities, then this creates a “climate of social intolerance” toward domestic violence that, in turn, could elicit greater social control of domestic violence.…”

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“…Obviously, the long-term goal of studying domestic violence in the South Pacific region is to identify the variables that play a role in maintaining such high rates of victimization by women. The present study sought to focus on the reactions of third-party observers because they are more likely than legal authorities to hear about such violence (Parker, 2015), as well as playing a critical role in either emboldening or discouraging the victim to leave the relationship (Klein, 2012), press charges (e.g., Shernock, 2005), and/or influence the broader climate of intolerance for such behavior (Gracia & Herrero, 2007). Thus, the present research not only offers direction for future lines of inquiry, but also practical insights into the variables that could be maintaining the insidious pattern of violence against women in the Pacific Region and around the world.…”

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Receiving Leniency After Hurting a Female Norm-Violator: The Mediating Role of Victim and Harm-Doer Empathy

Johnson

Raj

Smith-Enoe

et al. 2019

Violence Against Women

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Data from 140 participants from the South Pacific, where domestic violence rates are high, demonstrated less punitive responding toward the male harm-doer of a female sexual norm-violator (SNV) relative to a control victim. The impact of victim type on punitive responding was mediated by empathy toward the victim and harm-doer. In Study 2, data from 240 individuals from the South Pacific demonstrated less punitive responding toward the harm-doer of an SNV victim relative to a control and a career-focused mother victim. The victim type-punitive responding relationship was also mediated by victim blame attributions and victim moral outrage.

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Third party roles in intimate partner violence incidents and their effects on police response in a statewide rural jurisdiction

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

What difference do bystanders make? The association of bystander involvement with victim outcomes in a community sample.

What difference do bystanders make? The association of bystander involvement with victim outcomes in a community sample.

Propensity to Report Intimate Partner Violence in Australia: Community Demographics

Receiving Leniency After Hurting a Female Norm-Violator: The Mediating Role of Victim and Harm-Doer Empathy

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