TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Women's disengagement from legal proceedings for intimate partner violence in southern Spain: variables related to legal proceedings
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Garcia-Jimenez, Maria
A1  - Cala, Maria Jesus
A1  - Trigo, M. Eva
A1  - de la Mata, Manuel L.
SP  - 1873
EP  - 1895
VL  - 65
IS  - 13
N2  - This article studies the relationship between a set of variables related to the legal process and women's disengagement from legal proceedings against their (ex)partners in Southern Spain. A total of 345 women answered a questionnaire. <br><br>RESULTS evidenced that request for a protection order (PO), granting such PO, imprisonment of the offender, and women's perception of who decided during the process were significantly related to disengagement (medium effect size). In addition, a logistic regression model was developed to predict disengagement with two variables: granting a PO and women's perception of who decided. <br><br>RESULTS are interpreted in terms of the necessity that the judicial system gives support, protects, and provides women with opportunities to participate in the recovery process.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128718789857
ID  - ref1
ER  -