RT Article
T1 Unpacking Police Endorsement of Myths Surrounding Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Formation and Implications
JF Violence against women
VO 30
IS 8
SP 1959
OP 1983
A1 Nørgaard Madsen, Linda
A2 Mikkelsen, Elisabeth Naima
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1887630538
AB Drawing on a qualitative case study consisting of interviews with Danish police trainees, patrol officers, and police detectives, this article explores police endorsement of myths surrounding male-perpetrated intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) and its influence on police response to IPVAW incidents. The findings show that police officers begin to believe in the myths to cope with negative emotions arising from repeated exposure to IPVAW victims, who do not behave according to expected norms of being cooperative, responsible, and innocent. This makes police officers meet victims with skepticism, low spirit, and hopelessness, making them refrain from initiating further criminal investigations, opening criminal cases, and pursuing arrests.
K1 Qualitative methods
K1 police endorsement
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Emotions
K1 cultural myths
DO 10.1177/10778012241238243