Department of Health Behavior, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
UNC Injury Prevention Research Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Violence Against Women. 2023 Apr;29(5):1044-1059. doi: 10.1177/10778012221101921. Epub 2022 Aug 22.
District court judges who make final determinations in domestic violence protective order (DVPO) cases in North Carolina indicate often using heuristics, such as the presence of visible injury, to guide their assessment of violence severity. This approach is concerning as it minimizes nonphysical intimate partner violence. We conducted a thematic analysis of DVPO plaintiff complaints to identify the types of nonphysical vioence described and its effects on plaintiff health outcomes. Most case files included descriptions of nonphysical violence and plaintiffs described fear as a significant mental health outcome. Findings highlight the potentially deleterious impact of nonphysical violence on the well-being of DVPO plaintiffs.
北卡罗来纳州的地区法院法官在家庭暴力保护令（DVPO）案件中做出最终裁决时，经常使用启发式方法，例如是否存在明显的伤害，来指导他们对暴力严重程度的评估。这种方法令人担忧，因为它最小化了非身体亲密伴侣暴力。我们对 DVPO 原告投诉进行了主题分析，以确定所描述的非身体暴力类型及其对原告健康结果的影响。大多数案件档案都包括对非身体暴力的描述，原告将恐惧描述为一个重要的心理健康结果。研究结果强调了非身体暴力对 DVPO 原告福祉的潜在有害影响。
