‘Not bullet proof’: The complex choice not to seek a civil protection order for intimate partner violence

Protection orders (POs) are one legal system resource available to survivors of intimate partner violence. Many survivors choose not to obtain a PO, yet prior research has not examined the perspectives of these survivors. This study examined the open-ended survey responses (n = 308) regarding the ch...

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Authors: Messing, Jill Theresa (Author) ; Bagwell-Gray, Meredith E (Author) ; Ward-Lasher, Allison (Author) ; Durfee, Alesha (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: International review of victimology
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 173-195
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
legal interventions
Help-seeking
Intimate Partner Violence
Protection orders