University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA.
University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Aug;37(15-16):NP12973-NP12997. doi: 10.1177/08862605211001474. Epub 2021 Mar 23.
Firearms play a critical role in the murder of intimate partner violence (IPV) victims and there is evidence that laws prohibiting protective order (PO) respondents from possessing a firearm reduce IPV fatalities. However, little research has compared specific abuse tactics involving firearms among victims who have and have not sought a PO against an abuser. This study investigates IPV victims' experiences with a range of firearm-related abuse tactics across victim race/ethnicity, in addition to the relationship between firearm IPV and PO requests, above and beyond IPV not involving firearms. Questionnaires were administered to 215 female victims recruited from six domestic violence shelters in Texas. Over one-half of victims who sought a PO were threatened to be shot by their abuser and victims who experienced high levels of firearm abuse incurred a 302% increase in the odds of requesting a PO. There were no significant differences between White, Black, and Hispanic victims regarding firearm IPV tactics. The results shed light on the magnitude of risk IPV victims can experience when seeking a PO against an abusive partner.
枪支在亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）受害者的谋杀中起着至关重要的作用，有证据表明，禁止保护令（PO）被申请人拥有枪支的法律可以减少 IPV 死亡人数。然而，很少有研究比较过在寻求针对施虐者的 PO 的受害者和没有寻求 PO 的受害者之间涉及枪支的具体虐待策略。本研究调查了 IPV 受害者在涉及枪支的各种虐待策略方面的经历，这些策略涉及受害者的种族/族裔，以及枪支 IPV 和 PO 请求之间的关系，而不仅仅是不涉及枪支的 IPV。调查问卷是在德克萨斯州的六个家庭暴力收容所招募的 215 名女性受害者中进行的。超过一半寻求 PO 的受害者受到了被其施虐者枪杀的威胁，而经历过高水平枪支虐待的受害者请求 PO 的可能性增加了 302%。在枪支 IPV 策略方面，白人、黑人、西班牙裔受害者之间没有显著差异。研究结果揭示了寻求针对施虐伴侣的 PO 的 IPV 受害者可能面临的风险程度。
