1 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2017 May;23(6):749-771. doi: 10.1177/1077801216648792. Epub 2016 Jul 9.
This study fills a gap in the literature by exploring the utility of contemporary courtroom theoretical frameworks-uncertainty avoidance, causal attribution, and focal concerns-for explaining decision-making in specialized domestic violence courts. Using data from two specialized domestic violence courts, this study explores the predictors of prosecutorial and judicial decision-making and the extent to which these factors are congruent with theoretical frameworks often used in studies of court processing. Findings suggest that these theoretical frameworks only partially help explain decision-making in the courts under study. A discussion of the findings and implications for future research is provided.
本研究通过探索当代法庭理论框架——不确定性规避、因果归因和焦点关注——在解释专门家庭暴力法庭决策方面的效用，填补了文献中的空白。本研究使用来自两个专门家庭暴力法庭的数据，探讨了检控和司法决策的预测因素，以及这些因素与法庭处理研究中常用的理论框架的一致性程度。研究结果表明，这些理论框架仅部分有助于解释所研究法庭的决策。本文还讨论了研究结果及其对未来研究的启示。
