Repeat Victimization Among Intimate Partner Violence Victims: The Impact of Guardianship. (April 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hayes, Brittany E.
• Is Part Of: Feminist criminology. Volume 13:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 138
• Page End: 159
• Publication Date: 2018-04
• Subjects: repeat victimization -- guardianship -- intimate partner violence; Feminist criminology -- Periodicals; Female offenders -- Periodicals; 364.37405
• DOI: 10.1177/1557085116651714
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1557-0851

Abstract

Despite progress in the application of routine activity theory to violence against women, much remains unknown about guardianship. The current study examined if presence of a capable adult guardian limited the risk of revictimization by an intimate partner, controlling for social support ( N = 497). Analyses tested differential impacts of guardians by examining if the presence of the victim's friends/family, abuser's friends/family, and/or bystander during the earliest reported physical abuse incident or threat of abuse affected likelihood of revictimization within a year. Odds of revictimization decreased by 60% when the earliest reported physical abuse incident or threat of abuse occurred in the presence of the respondent's friends/family. Implications for practices and research suggestions are discussed.