Early Research on Police Response Flashcards
(7 cards)
Some victim seen as…
‘deserving’
Officers disinclined to take action or arrest unless somebody has gone…
‘over the top’
DV not regarded as a criminal matter, seen as…
‘rubbish’/not real police work
Early research suggested that it perhaps did - police regarded DV as a private/civil matter and would only intervene if someone went
‘over the top’
Common sense about men’s behaviour - male privilege and role of men and women in some relationships - reiterating what theory?
sex roles theory
Traditional view was that DA is a crime against women committed by men being investigated largely by men working in a very…
gendered organisation (think about Reiner’s ‘cult of masculinity’ 1992)
STANKO, 1985:104
“[Officers use] common sense about men’s behaviour toward women to assist them in their…
decision-making”
