Police response to domestic violence in Taiwan (China).

详细信息   

• 作者：Wang ; Pei-Ling.
• 学历：Doctor
• 年：2003
• 导师：Kelling, George L.
• 毕业院校：Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
• 专业：Sociology, Criminology and Penology.
• CBH：3088011
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：8222499
• Pages：216

文摘

The Domestic Violence Prevention and Control Act (DVPCA) was enacted on June 24th 999 in Taiwan. This Act signifies about changes in Taiwan society to handle this historically neglected issue and puts the predominate responsibility on police departments. This present study is one of the first studies to examine how police respond to domestic violence in Taiwan after the DVPCA's implementation. It seeks to investigate what are the police responses to domestic violence in practice? Furthermore, due to the long debate of pro-arrest policy during the process of the DVPCA's enactment, this study also proposed to examine what are the police's attitudes toward a pro-arrest policy? Finally, this current aimed to identify what factors influence police filing protection orders and how are the effects of police enforcing them?;This study utilized three surveys to answer the research questions. One survey was conducted with domestic violence victims (N = 168) who have ever called the police for help. Secondly, there is a questionnaire for domestic violence associated professionals (N = 237), including social workers, hospitals workers, prosecutors and judges. These two surveys give us a real exposition of police response in practice. The third survey was conducted with police officers (N = 1105).;Findings from the present study suggest that police are reluctant to take formal actions in responding domestic violence, and police response strategies in practice are versatile. There did exit huge gap between police policy and practice regarding domestic violence. About two-thirds of domestic violence victims claimed the police response did not have any deterrent effects. The strongest predictors for domestic violence victims' satisfaction with police response are police capabilities and attitude.;Regarding adoption of a pro-arrest policy, less than half of police agreed to adopt such a policy. The police attitude factor is the most important predictor, followed are organizational factor, and the officer's characteristics are the least important predictors. The offender's intimidation and victim's preference are the most important situational factors in influencing whether police file protection order decisions. In addition, the impacts of protection orders are significantly related to the police attitude and capabilities of enforcing protection orders.