The Influence of Law Enforcement Officers’ Sex in Their Attitude toward Intimate Partner Violence Situations

• Author(s): Vieira, Cristina Pereira ; Coelho, Rui ; Costa, Paulo Manuel ; Nunes, Catarina S
• Date: 2022
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28201
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
• Subject(s): Gender; GNR; intimate partner violence; police intervention; Portuga
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto da ULisboa

Description

This article analyzes the impact that the sex of law enforcement officers might have on the way they intervene in Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) situations, and if that is determined by prejudices related to traditional gender roles within intimate relationships. A questionnaire was applied to 1,872 law enforcement officers of GNR (Republican National Guard), Portugal. The results show differences in beliefs and perceptions and subsequent decisions to intervene, which reveal that women and men hold different views about gender roles and IPV. The data warns against the influence that prejudices might have on the decision to act in IPV situations.