Ethnic Group Differences in Police Notification About Intimate Partner Violence

Jeffrey Ackerman; Tony P. Love

doi:10.1177/1077801214521327

Ethnic Group Differences in Police Notification About Intimate Partner Violence

Jeffrey Ackerman
, Tony P. Love

Sociology

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Abstract

We analyzed data from the National Crime Victimization Survey to test whether individuals from different ethnic groups differentially notify the police after incidents of partner violence. After finding that minority groups notified the police about intimate partner violence (IPV) events more than non-minorities, we found that socioeconomic status differences between minorities and non-minorities explained a statistically significant proportion of the reasons underlying the differences in notification. We suggest that the pattern of our results supports a structural perspective and has potential implications about the subjective and objective efficacy of police involvement in IPV.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-185
Number of pages	24
Journal	Violence Against Women
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801214521327
State	Published - Feb 2014

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by the Texas A&M Mexican American and US Latino Research Center (MALRC).

Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was funded by the Texas A&M Mexican American and US Latino Research Center (MALRC).

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UN SDGs

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SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

couple violence
domestic violence
intimate partner/marital abuse

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Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
Law

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