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Using Protective Orders To Combat Intimate Partner Violence: Are They Effective And Does Race Matter?

Campbell, Beth A
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3266-666X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1530220497771792

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Sociology.
There are large numbers of women throughout the United States that continually suffer from intimate partner violence. Past research has attempted to explain differences in experiences among those who have or have not obtained temporary or permanent protective orders (PO) in the U.S. via certain well-established theories. Because the use of a protective order is the victims’ primary legal remedy to begin to escape abuse, the main question that has been addressed is whether or not the use of protective orders are effective. However, early theories tended to ignore ethno-racial identity differences and only focused upon a narrow set of victims. This dissertation addresses voids in the research to incorporate ethno-racial identity of women to help explain the effectiveness of using protective orders to combat intimate partner violence as well as some of the various influential factors surrounding continued abuse. Specifically, past research has focused on limited geographic areas or research groups and not widely addressed the disparity between ethno-racial identities. As a now well established concept within feminist research, intersectionality leads us to conclude that all women do not experience abuse or intimate partner violence similarly. Research to date has tended to neglect this potential disparity and to focus on merely the overall effectiveness of using a protective order to combat intimate partner violence. In this dissertation, I attempt to fill these gaps in three specific ways. First, I utilize data drawn from three U.S. cities in an attempt to move beyond policies at one location. Second, I examine the impact of the race of the victims on how police interactions at the time of the violent incident impact the effectiveness of POs. Finally, I provide both a descriptive overview of the experiences of these women with the police and with the PO, as well as an OLS regression on whether the victim felt safer after obtaining the PO. Results indicate that police largely treat victims uniformly with some slight variation among race but overall they are non-responsive in addressing cases of IPV. The most important predictor of feeling safe when using a PO is different for different races and includes things such as education, relationship status and the number of children present in the home. This study indicates the need for better police / victim interaction for victims of IPV and reveals that what makes victims feel safe when using a PO does vary by race. This study therefore shows that not all victims’ experiences are uniform when using a PO to combat IPV.
Stacey Nofziger (Advisor)
102 p.
Sociology
Interpersonal violence

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  • Campbell, B. A. (2018). Using Protective Orders To Combat Intimate Partner Violence: Are They Effective And Does Race Matter? [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1530220497771792

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Campbell, Beth. Using Protective Orders To Combat Intimate Partner Violence: Are They Effective And Does Race Matter? 2018. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1530220497771792.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Campbell, Beth. "Using Protective Orders To Combat Intimate Partner Violence: Are They Effective And Does Race Matter?" Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1530220497771792

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