Zhao Ruohui, Zhang Hongwei, Jiang Yong, Yao Xuening
1 University of Macau, Taipa, Macau.
2 Jinan University, Zhuhai, China.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 Dec;62(16):4923-4941. doi: 10.1177/0306624X18801653. Epub 2018 Sep 26.
The present study examines police officer attitudes and responses to domestic violence on a sample of 520 officers in a southern Chinese city. The police officers were asked to respond to two vignette scenarios depicting husbands assaulting their wives. The results show high correlations between officer responses to the two vignettes: Husbands are much more likely to be arrested than wives. The results of logistic regression analysis reveal that officers who view their profession as that of a law enforcer are more likely to arrest either husbands or wives. Officers who believe domestic violence to be a private matter are less inclined to arrest husbands, while those who hold profeminist attitudes are more inclined to do so. Finally, the implications are considered for further understanding of police responses to domestic violence in the Chinese context.
本研究以中国南方一个城市的520名警察为样本，考察了警察对家庭暴力的态度和反应。研究要求警察对两个描述丈夫殴打妻子的 vignette 情景做出回应。结果显示，警察对这两个 vignette 的反应之间存在高度相关性：丈夫比妻子更有可能被逮捕。逻辑回归分析结果表明，将自己的职业视为执法者的警察更有可能逮捕丈夫或妻子。认为家庭暴力是私事的警察不太倾向于逮捕丈夫，而持有支持女性主义态度的警察则更倾向于逮捕丈夫。最后，探讨了这些结果对于进一步理解中国背景下警察对家庭暴力反应的意义。
