RT Article
T1 Male police officers’ law enforcement preferences in cases of intimate partner violence versus non-intimate interpersonal violence: do sexist attitudes and empathy matter?
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 41
IS 10
SP 1195
OP 1213
A1 Gracia, Enrique
A2 Garcia, Fernando
A2 Lila, Marisol
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/188527470X
AB This article explores male police officers' law enforcement preferences across different scenarios of interpersonal violence, involving intimate (partner violence against women) and non-intimate relationships (between- and within-gender). The influence of police officers? sexist attitudes and empathy on their law enforcement preferences was also analyzed within and across these scenarios. The sample consisted of 308 male police officers. Results showed that police officers prefer a stronger and unconditional law enforcement approach in cases of violence against women, both in intimate and non-intimate relationships. Benevolent sexism was linked to a preference for a more conditional law enforcement across interpersonal violence scenarios. The type of interpersonal violence scenario also conditioned the influence of hostile sexism and empathy on police preferences. Implications for training and selection of police officers are discussed.
K1 Empathy
K1 interpersonal violence
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Police
K1 Sexism
DO 10.1177/0093854814541655