TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Police legitimacy, trustworthiness, and associations with intimate partner violence
JO  - Policing (Bradford)
A1  - Fedina, Lisa
A1  - Backes, Bethany L.
A1  - Jun, Hyun-Jin
A1  - DeVylder, Jordan
A1  - Barth, Richard P.
SP  - 901
EP  - 916
VL  - 42
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1363-951X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-04-2019-0046
ID  - ref1
ER  -