@article{ref1,
title="Police legitimacy, trustworthiness, and associations with intimate partner violence",
journal="Policing (Bradford)",
year="2019",
author="Fedina, Lisa and Backes, Bethany L. and Jun, Hyun-Jin and DeVylder, Jordan and Barth, Richard P.",
volume="42",
number="5",
pages="901-916",
abstract="PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to understand the relationship among police legitimacy/trust and experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV), including victims' decisions to report IPV to police and police responses to IPV. <br><br>DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Data were drawn from the 2017 Survey of Police-Public Encounters II - a cross-sectional, general population survey of adults from New York City and Baltimore (n=1,000). Regression analyses were used to examine associations among police legitimacy/trust, IPV exposure, police reporting of IPV, and perceived police responses to IPV and interaction effects. <br><br>FINDINGS Higher levels of IPV exposure were significantly associated with lower levels of police legitimacy/trust; however, this relationship was stronger among African-American participants than non-African-American participants. Higher levels of police legitimacy/trust were significantly associated with more positive police responses to IPV and this relationship was stronger among heterosexual participants than sexual minority participants. Research limitations/implications Future research should examine prospective relationships to understand causal mechanisms linking individual perceptions of police legitimacy/trust, experiences with IPV and victims' interactions with police. Practical implications Low levels of legitimacy/trust between police and citizens may result, in part, if police are engaged in negative or inadequate responses to reports of IPV. Police-social work partnerships can enhance effective police responses to IPV, particularly to racial/ethnic and sexual minority individuals. <br><br>ORIGINALITY/VALUE This study provides empirical evidence linking police legitimacy/trust to the experiences of IPV and perceived police responses to reports of IPV, including important group differences among victims based on race/ethnicity and sexual orientation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1363-951X",
doi="10.1108/PIJPSM-04-2019-0046",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-04-2019-0046"
}