RT Article
T1 Police Perceptions of Crime Victim Behaviors: A Trend Analysis Exploring Mandatory Training and Knowledge of Sexual and Domestic Violence Survivors’ Trauma Responses
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 66
IS 8
SP 1055
OP 1086
A1 Franklin, Cortney A.
A2 Bouffard, Leana A.
A2 Garza, Alondra D.
A2 Goodson, Amanda
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1724802682
AB Police perceptions of a victim’s self-presentation style can have an impact on secondary victimization, case processing, and public safety. Trauma survivors may present to police with flat or restricted affect, emotional numbing, and disjointed recollections. Often, police personnel have misperceived manifestations of trauma as indicators of reliability and credibility. Using a trend design, this study employed a sample of 979 police from one of the five largest U.S. cities to examine the relation between trauma-informed training and endorsement of trauma misperceptions. Multivariate ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models were estimated and revealed mean adherence to trauma misperceptions was significantly lower among participants who had completed training, controlling for demographic, occupational, and attitudinal variables. Implications and future research are discussed.
K1 Police perceptions
K1 Trauma-informed training
K1 Trend design
K1 Sexual assault
K1 Domestic violence
DO 10.1177/0011128719845148