RT Article
T1 Correlates of Chinese Police Officer Decision-Making in Cases of Domestic Violence
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 66
IS 11
SP 1556
OP 1578
A1 Wang, Xinting
A1 Hayes, Brittany E.
A1 Zhang, Hongwei
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1738291650
AB The purpose of the current study is to uncover whether extralegal factors play a significant role in Chinese police officers’ decision-making in response to a hypothetical incident of domestic violence (DV). Data were collected from a sample of Chinese police officers located in southwestern China. Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationship between the attitudes and beliefs of police officers and their decision-making in DV (i.e., recommend putting suspect into custody, victim into custody, and mediation; N = 514). The results suggest extralegal factors associated with culture do exert a significant effect on police officers’ decision-making in cases of DV, but the extent may be minimal. Policy implications and directions for future research are discussed.
K1 Discretion
K1 Domestic violence
K1 Police decision-making
K1 Confucian philosophy
DO 10.1177/0011128719850502