It Takes a Village : Addressing Community Needs to Implement Firearm Prohibitions for Domestic Violence Protective Order Respondents

IF 2.3 3区心理学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Interpersonal Violence Pub Date : 2025-08-28 DOI:10.1177/08862605251363616

Kellie R. Lynch, Michael K. Gusmano, Jeff R. Temple, Sarah Lane

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Abstract

Prohibiting domestic violence protective order (DVPO) respondents from firearms is an effective strategy to prevent intimate partner homicide. However, DVPO gun laws vary considerably across states, and the implementation of such laws is inconsistent across localities. Local context, such as resource availability, priorities, and politics, differs across types of communities and impacts the implementation of laws. We conducted in-depth key informant interviews with victim service and criminal justice professionals ( N = 27) working in urban communities, rural communities, and statewide organizations to better understand: (a) what communities need to effectively prohibit DVPO respondents from firearms (i.e., the DVPO gun law) and (b) strategies to help communities view domestic gun violence as a safety issue versus a second amendment issue. We used conventional content analysis to analyze the content of all interviews. Our results revealed a diverse range of community needs for implementing the DVPO gun law; some of which included tangible resources related to personnel, funding, and storage, and other more intangible resources related to community leadership and culture. We also observed competing ideas around strict state leadership directives for how to implement the DVPO gun law versus maintaining community-level autonomy. Finally, many participants stressed the importance of using more effective language to frame the issue of DVPO gun laws as central to addressing domestic violence more broadly, rather than gun control. Regardless of the political landscape and state legislation, communities of all types should be able to make concerted local efforts to limit abusers’ access to firearms, given the danger posed to victims and the broader community. Effective efforts require transdisciplinary collaboration, flexibility, ingenuity, leadership, and funding, thus benefiting from a combined criminal justice and public health approach.

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它需要一个村庄：解决社区需要实施枪支禁令的家庭暴力保护令受访者

禁止家庭暴力保护令（DVPO）被调查者使用枪支是防止亲密伴侣被杀的有效策略。然而，各州的DVPO枪支法律差异很大，而且这些法律的实施在各地也不一致。当地环境，如资源可用性、优先事项和政治，在不同类型的社区中有所不同，并影响法律的实施。我们对在城市社区、农村社区和全州组织工作的受害者服务和刑事司法专业人员（N = 27）进行了深入的关键线人访谈，以更好地了解：(a)社区需要什么来有效地禁止DVPO受访者使用枪支（即DVPO枪支法）和(b)帮助社区将家庭枪支暴力视为安全问题而不是第二修正案问题的策略。我们使用传统的内容分析来分析所有访谈的内容。我们的研究结果揭示了实施DVPO枪支法的各种社区需求；其中一些包括与人员、资金和储存有关的有形资源，以及与社区领导和文化有关的其他无形资源。我们还观察到，在如何实施DVPO枪支法的严格国家领导指令与维持社区一级的自主权之间，存在着相互矛盾的想法。最后，许多与会者强调，必须使用更有效的语言，将DVPO枪支法问题界定为更广泛地解决家庭暴力问题的核心，而不是枪支管制问题。无论政治形势和州立法如何，鉴于对受害者和更广泛的社区构成的危险，所有类型的社区都应该能够作出协调一致的地方努力，限制滥用者获得枪支。有效的努力需要跨学科合作、灵活性、独创性、领导力和资金，从而受益于刑事司法和公共卫生相结合的做法。

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Journal of Interpersonal Violence Multiple-

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

12.00%

发文量

375

期刊介绍： The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is devoted to the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence. It provides a forum of discussion of the concerns and activities of professionals and researchers working in domestic violence, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault, physical child abuse, and violent crime. With its dual focus on victims and victimizers, the journal will publish material that addresses the causes, effects, treatment, and prevention of all types of violence. JIV only publishes reports on individual studies in which the scientific method is applied to the study of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Research may use qualitative or quantitative methods. JIV does not publish reviews of research, individual case studies, or the conceptual analysis of some aspect of interpersonal violence. Outcome data for program or intervention evaluations must include a comparison or control group.