Characteristics Related to Protection Order Use Among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence

• NCJ Number: 240095
• Journal: Violence Against Women Volume: 18 Issue: 6 Dated: June 2012 Pages: 701-710
• Author(s): Alesha Durfee; Jill Theresa Messing
• Date Published: June 2012
• Length: 10 pages
• Publication Format: Article; Correspondence
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article critically examines the use of POs by IPV victims seeking shelter services.

Abstract

One increasingly important resource for victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) is domestic violence civil protection orders (POs). Using a transdisciplinary framework, this article critically examines the use of POs by IPV victims seeking shelter services. Previous contact with police and medical professionals are the strongest predictors of having obtained a PO; education level, income, age, race, and having children in the shelter are also significant predictors of having obtained a PO. These findings are discussed in the context of previous research on help-seeking behaviors and the growing body of transdisciplinary research on violence against women. Abstract published by arrangement with Sage Journals.