1 University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2017 Aug;23(9):1140-1151. doi: 10.1177/1077801216656828. Epub 2016 Jul 10.
Access to firearms increases the risk of a batterer killing his partner. Moreover, firearms may be more common in homes where intimate partner abuse has occurred. The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 banned possession of firearms by individuals subject to civil protection orders. Yet little research has focused on how this ban is communicated to survivors and batterers. Drawing on systematic observations of protection order hearings, the current study explores factors related to judicial discussion of the ban in court. Implications for improving protection orders and for increasing battered women's safety are discussed.
获得枪支会增加施虐者杀害伴侣的风险。此外，在发生亲密伴侣虐待的家庭中，枪支可能更为常见。1994 年的《暴力侵害妇女法》禁止受民事保护令限制的个人拥有枪支。然而，很少有研究关注这项禁令是如何传达给幸存者和施虐者的。本研究通过对保护令听证会的系统观察，探讨了与法庭上讨论禁令相关的因素。讨论了改进保护令和提高受虐妇女安全的意义。
