TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Making the grade: judicial behavior in civil protection order hearings for intimate partner violence
JO  - International review of victimology
A1  - Lucken, Karol
A1  - Rosky, Jeffrey
SP  - 269
EP  - 287
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
N2  - In the USA, civil protection orders, commonly known as restraining orders, have been underutilized as a means of protecting victims of intimate partner violence. It has been proposed that part of the reason for this underutilization is victim apprehension over treatment by the courts. To improve the experience of accessing legal relief, Court Watch programs have been implemented in various jurisdictions across the country. Court Watch programs monitor judicial behavior on several dimensions, including whether interactions with victims are informational, explanatory, participatory, and respectful. Using secondary data obtained from a Florida Court Watch program, this study examines judicial behavior in 500 civil protection order hearings for intimate partner violence. Applying quantitative and qualitative analytic strategies, we examine Court Watch perceptions of judicial behavior, the association between Court Watch perceptions of judicial behavior and civil protection order outcomes, and factors that might account for judicial behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-7580
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0269758016630890
ID  - ref1
ER  -