Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1177/10778012241259725
Emma Richardson, Marc Alexander, Elizabeth Stokoe
{"title":"The Role of Alcohol in Initial Help-Seeking Telephone Calls About Domestic Violence to the Police.","authors":"Emma Richardson, Marc Alexander, Elizabeth Stokoe","doi":"10.1177/10778012241259725","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241259725","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article investigates how domestic violence and abuse (DVA), its underreporting and its links with alcohol consumption, manifest in and impact the outcome of help-seeking telephone calls to U.K.-based police services. Conversation analysis of call-takers' questions about alcohol found that they either (a) focused only on the perpetrator's drinking, and occurred after informing callers that help was being dispatched, or (b) targeted both victims' and perpetrators' drinking and complicated the decisions to dispatch police assistance. The article helps specify the communicative practices that may constitute victims' negative experiences of disclosing DVA to the police.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2526-2552"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171046/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-07-25DOI: 10.1177/10778012241263103
Natasha Cortis, Ciara Smyth
{"title":"Specialist Financial Counseling for Women Affected by Domestic and Family Violence: Staff and Client Perspectives on an Australian Initiative.","authors":"Natasha Cortis, Ciara Smyth","doi":"10.1177/10778012241263103","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241263103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines staff and client perspectives on an initiative providing co-located specialist Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) financial counseling in women's legal services. An exploratory mixed-method study in five service locations captured perspectives via a client survey (<i>n</i> = 42), online interviews with staff (<i>n</i> = 15), and a review of services' progress reports. For staff and clients, integrating financial counseling into women's legal services contributed to a more comprehensive model of support which helped address the economic harms associated with violence. Findings highlight the benefits of service integration and co-location, which enabled staff to share knowledge and build capacity, and helped improve outcomes for women following violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2642-2660"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171035/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141761242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2025-08-01Epub Date: 2024-06-02DOI: 10.1177/10778012241257245
Lauren Wheatley, Simon Rosenbaum, Chiara Mastrogiovanni, Michelle Pebole, Ruth Wells, Susan Rees, Scott Teasdale, Grace McKeon
{"title":"Readiness of Exercise Physiologists, Physiotherapists and Other Allied Health Professionals to Respond to Gender-Based Violence: A Mixed-Methods Study.","authors":"Lauren Wheatley, Simon Rosenbaum, Chiara Mastrogiovanni, Michelle Pebole, Ruth Wells, Susan Rees, Scott Teasdale, Grace McKeon","doi":"10.1177/10778012241257245","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241257245","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Experiencing gender-based violence (GBV) is associated with health conditions that are common indications for referral to exercise physiologists, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals (AHPs). The readiness of AHPs to identify and respond to GBV is currently unknown. This study aimed to determine the readiness of AHPs to respond to a person who had experienced GBV. Participants completed the modified Physician Readiness to Manage Intimate Partner Violence Survey (PREMIS) and/or an interview. The AHPs felt underprepared, had low perceived knowledge and lacked confidence to respond to and support people who have experienced GBV, despite recognition of the importance and agreement of the relevance to AHPs' practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"2730-2754"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12171058/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141200526","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"They Laid Charges. They Got Him out of My House Every Time\": Canadian Women's Views of Police Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Considering Their Racial/Ethnic Background.","authors":"Leslie M Tutty, H Lorraine Radtke, Kendra L Nixon","doi":"10.1177/10778012251362230","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251362230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While police are gatekeepers to the criminal justice system for intimate partner violence (IPV), women are often divided about their helpfulness. The current secondary, mixed-methods analysis examined 575 Canadian women's impressions regarding police intervention (50.3% Indigenous, 43.4% White, and 6.4% visible minority). In more than half of the cases (53.3%), the police arrested/removed their partner/ex-partner, 53% said the police \"just talked to them,\" and 8% were also arrested. While 40% were satisfied with the police response, 21.5% thought police did not take them seriously, and 10.9% were explicit about the police not treating them well. Practice and policy implications are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251362230"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144699663","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luisa María Rodríguez-Riquelme, Carmen Castillo-Sánchez, María Del Mar Pastor-Bravo, Alonso Molina-Rodríguez, María Suarez-Cortés, César Leal-Costa, José Luis Díaz-Agea, Ismael Jiménez-Ruiz
{"title":"Impact of a Program Using High-Fidelity Clinical Simulation to Train Health Professionals in the Care and Detection of Victims of Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation.","authors":"Luisa María Rodríguez-Riquelme, Carmen Castillo-Sánchez, María Del Mar Pastor-Bravo, Alonso Molina-Rodríguez, María Suarez-Cortés, César Leal-Costa, José Luis Díaz-Agea, Ismael Jiménez-Ruiz","doi":"10.1177/10778012251362235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251362235","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Most victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation primarily seek assistance through health care services. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of high-fidelity clinical simulation training on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of a multidisciplinary group in relation to the identification of victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. To achieve this goal, a quasi-experimental pre-post study without a control group was designed to assess a training program centered around high-fidelity clinical simulation. The inclusion of high-fidelity clinical simulation was found to enhance protocols for the identification and management of victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251362235"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144709023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Consciousness Raising of Sexual Harassment and Gendered Perceptions of Allegations in Social Media among Young Chinese.","authors":"Lin Jiao, Siqi Wang, Jialing Song","doi":"10.1177/10778012251362222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251362222","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explored the perceptions of sexual harassment allegations in social media among Chinese university students. The researchers conducted three focus group interviews, asking participants to discuss a high-profile false allegation case. Compared with studies on activists and survivors, the public's perception of the #MeToo movement is understudied, yet examining this aspect is key to its sustainability. We argue digital activism against sexual harassment has raised gender consciousness among young people. However, perceptions of the legitimacy of social media allegations are highly gendered due to the gendered experiences and priorities of men and women, with men having more negative perceptions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251362222"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144699664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Rednote Use Increase Unmarried Young Women's Risk Perception of Intimate Partner Violence in Marriage? A Chained Mediation Model of Media Trust and Social Comparison.","authors":"Liu Linsha, Tang Min","doi":"10.1177/10778012251362228","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251362228","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates whether Rednote use increases unmarried young women's perception of intimate partner violence (IPV) risk in marriage. Based on 448 responses, structural equation modeling shows media use predicts media trust and IPV risk perception. Media trust also predicts risk perception and mediates the effect of media use. Social comparison has no direct effect but influences risk perception indirectly through media trust. These findings reveal that media exposure and trust together heighten IPV risk perception and offer insight into how social media shapes awareness of domestic violence through psychological mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251362228"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144709022","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Agnieszka E Łyś, Kamilla Bargiel-Matusiewicz, Katrine Zeuthen, Giussy Barbara, Cristina Cattaneo, Federica Collini, Barbara Horten, Petr Pavlík, Irene Pellizzone, Irena Smetáčková, Esther Vitha Ringhof, Abisha Visnu, Marleen Orth
{"title":"The Potential Effectiveness of an Online Gender-Based Violence Prevention Program for European Students-The Role of Gender Essentialism, Ambivalent Sexism, and Perceived Responsiveness of the University.","authors":"Agnieszka E Łyś, Kamilla Bargiel-Matusiewicz, Katrine Zeuthen, Giussy Barbara, Cristina Cattaneo, Federica Collini, Barbara Horten, Petr Pavlík, Irene Pellizzone, Irena Smetáčková, Esther Vitha Ringhof, Abisha Visnu, Marleen Orth","doi":"10.1177/10778012251362224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251362224","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluates the potential effectiveness of an online course concerning gender-based violence prevention, which combines the bystander intervention approach and the myths-based approach. The sample consists of 67 students who participated in three measurements-before the course, immediately after the course, and 3 months later. Gender-based violence myth acceptance decreased, and bystander efficacy increased after the course. The effects were the strongest among people with high ambivalent sexism and gender essentialism. The results suggest that the course was effective; however, a replication on a bigger and more diverse sample is needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251362224"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144699665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christine T Carney, Mark R Kebbell, Li Eriksson, Regan M Carr
{"title":"Understanding Offending Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence: They Are Not All the Same.","authors":"Christine T Carney, Mark R Kebbell, Li Eriksson, Regan M Carr","doi":"10.1177/10778012251356949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251356949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intimate partner violence offenders may have a history of committing other offenses within and outside of the relationship context. This study used a police dataset of male and female offenders (<i>N</i> = 1,189), and their offenses recorded as solved between 2009 and 2019. Hierarchical cluster analyses and <i>K</i>-means focused on diversity in offending through a person-centered approach, establishing six cluster solutions for males and four cluster solutions for females. Male typologies included \"low-level offenders,\" \"escalating intimate partner violence offenders,\" \"anti-social offenders,\" \"increasingly prolific violent offenders,\" \"escalating prolific generalist offenders,\" and lastly, \"de-escalating prolific offenders.\" Similar typologies were evident across the female cohort with a \"low-level female offender\" typology, a \"low-level escalating anti-social\" female offender typology, an \"intimate partner violence and regulatory offense female offender,\" and lastly, \"prolific violent and anti-social female offender\" typology. Male and female offender typologies varied significantly across several variables. Similarities were identified across gender and typologies, alongside similarities and differences based on the time period of offending (either pre-2013, 2013, or post-2013). The implications of this study involve increased understanding of how police administrative data can be used to identify differences across offending based on sex and offense types and tailor responses accordingly.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251356949"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144643580","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emma Vejlgaard, Caroline Langberg, Signe Smith Jervelund, Camilla S Øverup
{"title":"Experiences of Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Accessing Support Services in Denmark.","authors":"Emma Vejlgaard, Caroline Langberg, Signe Smith Jervelund, Camilla S Øverup","doi":"10.1177/10778012251356958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251356958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined how female victims of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Denmark experience access to support services within the social and healthcare systems. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 women. Although women faced significant barriers to assistance, they were aided by their social networks. Societal perceptions on IPV, especially psychological violence, and frontline personnel's lack of expertise impeded their help-seeking behavior. We propose an adapted version of the Levesque et al.'s (2013) framework of access to this context. Addressing the barriers requires upskilling frontline personnel, delineation of responsibilities, and improved cross-sector collaboration.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012251356958"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144627207","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}