Understanding and Addressing Women’s Use of Force in Intimate Relationships: A Retrospective

Larance, Lisa Young; Goodmark, Leigh; Miller, Susan L.; Dasgupta, Shamita Das

doi:10.1177/1077801218815776

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“…Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) has been shown to be a commonly underestimated problem [1] causing serious health problems among both male and female victims in societies around the world (e.g., [2][3][4]). The World Health Organization (WHO) defines IPV as "any behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological, or sexual harm to those in the relationship" [5].…”

Section: Physical and Psychological Intimate Partner Violencementioning

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What you say and what I hear—Investigating differences in the perception of the severity of psychological and physical violence in intimate partner relationships

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The correct communication of the severity of violence is essential in the context of legal trials, custody cases, support of victims, etc., for providing fair treatment. A narrator that communicates their experiences of interpersonal violence may rate the seriousness of the incident differently than a rater reading the narrator’s text, suggesting that there exist perceptual differences (PD) in severity ratings between the narrator and the rater. We propose that these perceptual differences may depend on whether the narrative is based on physical or psychological violence, and on gender differences. Physical violence may be evaluated as more serious by the receiver of the narrative than by the narrator (Calibration PD), whereas the seriousness of psychological violence may be difficult to convey, leading to a discrepancy in the seriousness ratings between the narrator and the rater (Accuracy PD). In addition, gender stereotypes may influence the seriousness rating (Gender PD), resulting in violence against women being perceived as more serious than the same violence against men. These perceptual differences were investigated in 3 phases using a new experimental procedure. In Phase 1, 113 narrators provided descriptions and seriousness ratings of self-experienced physical and psychological violence in relationships. In Phase 2, 340 independent raters rated the seriousness of 10 randomly selected narrations from Phase 1. In Phase 3, the genders in the narrations were changed to the opposite gender, and seriousness ratings were collected from 340 different raters. Our results confirmed the hypothesized perceptual differences. Violence to male victims was considerably more likely to be seen as severe when the raters were misled to believe the victim was a woman. We propose that these data provide practical guidelines for how to deal with misinformation in the communication of violence. The data also show that mean values and the confidence of such severity ratings need to be adjusted for several factors, such as whether it is self-experienced or communicated, the type of violence, and the gender of the victims and raters.

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Section: Physical and Psychological Intimate Partner Violencementioning

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What you say and what I hear—Investigating differences in the perception of the severity of psychological and physical violence in intimate partner relationships

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“…Pointedly, although these sweeping CLS responses to DV were originally viewed as major successes by many feminists (especially those who advocated for them), this view was raced. Many BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) feminist scholars and/or activists, raised major concerns about and documented the racist and intersectionally disparate impact the feminist-supported DV policies had on BIPOC individuals, regardless of their gender and regardless of whether they were originally identified as an offender or a victim (e.g., Dasgupta, 2001; Koyama, 2016; Larance et al, 2019; Richie, 1996, 2012). No group had a more significant role in this than INCITE!, a grassroots organization of women and gender-non-forming and trans BIPOC scholars and activists (https://incite-national.org/history/) that began in 2000.…”

Section: Reassessing Liberal Feminist “Successes” In DV Responsesmentioning

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“…This article addresses the common ground between the highly troubling, racist, and often lethal police responses, frequently to people who have committed no offense, documented and resisted by #BlackLivesMatter activists and scholars (e.g., Boyles, 2019; Butler, 2018; Cobbina, 2019; Lowery, 2016) and abolitionist/anti-carceral feminists’ documentation of and concerns with the CLS’s disproportionate criminalizing of Black and Brown people in DV responses (Dasgupta, 2001; Davis, 2011; Durfee & Goodmark, 2019; Goodmark, 2018; Koyama, 2016; Larance et al, 2019; Miller, 2018; Miller & Iovanni, 2013; Richie, 1996, 2012). Individually, but even more so collectively, the #BlackLivesMatter and anti-carceral feminist movements underscore the necessary overhaul of the “gatekeepers” to the CLS, the police.…”

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Domestic Violence Policy: A World of Change

Belknap

Grant

2021

Feminist Criminology

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The second wave of the feminist movement brought unprecedented changes in awareness of criminal legal system (CLS) responses to domestic violence (DV). The seemingly feminist “success” in the harsher CLS responses, however, resulted in the disparate criminalization of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and poor individuals, among both DV defendants and victims. Therefore, feminist support for anti-carceral/abolitionist feminism, recognizing the cooptation of feminist ideals within a neoliberal CLS system, has grown. Colonial policing, however, has only tangentially been applied to DV (and other gender-based abuse offenses’) CLS responses. This article advocates for significant changes to policing DV.

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“…It appears counterintuitive that the demographic group typically at the largest risk of arrest has a lower likelihood of IPV arrest, but officers responding to incidents may regard the case less seriously if it is with a Black victim and Black offender due to negative stereotypes that the case is “ordinary” (Klinger, 1997; Lee et al, 2013). Victimization is historically rooted in stereotyped characteristics to defend slavery institutions that result in a paradigmatic victim being a White woman (Larance et al, 2019; Romain & Freiburger, 2016). Generally, harsher punishments are found in cases with Black offenders and White victims, as well as cases with White female victims (Paternoster, 1984; Williams et al, 2007).…”

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Exploring Officer Arrest Discretion Following State Policy Changes in Intimate Partner Violence

Mason

Petrie

2021

Violence Against Women

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In 2015, South Carolina passed the Domestic Violence Reform Act giving officers increased arrest discretion and rescinding mandatory arrest laws for intimate partner violence (IPV). Analyses using incident reports (2016/2017) from South Carolina show that officers primarily rely on the presence of five variables to determine arrest: children, injury, property destruction, offender at scene, and weapons. Cases with Black female victims are more likely to result in arrest, suggesting that Black males are being criminalized. We conclude that officers are reluctant to use individual discretion and rely on a form of structured discretion provided by administrators that shapes local culture and decision-making.

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Understanding and Addressing Women’s Use of Force in Intimate Relationships: A Retrospective

Cited by 26 publications

References 78 publications

What you say and what I hear—Investigating differences in the perception of the severity of psychological and physical violence in intimate partner relationships

What you say and what I hear—Investigating differences in the perception of the severity of psychological and physical violence in intimate partner relationships

Domestic Violence Policy: A World of Change

Exploring Officer Arrest Discretion Following State Policy Changes in Intimate Partner Violence

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