Domestic Violence: Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Non-Reporting to the Police in Trinidad and Tobago

UnHope20 · 2022-11-18T06:01:05+00:00

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redgarnetamaranth · 2022-11-13T15:24:29+00:00

Abstract:

Globally, domestic violence (DV) is a common and serious problem that incurs significant costs to victims, their families and governments. DV involves violence between intimate partners as well as against vulnerable members of society, such as children and older people. In order to resolve issues of DV victimization, the police rely on victims to report their victimization; however, there is an on-going concern that incidents of DV between intimate partners tend to be unreported/underreported to the police in Trinidad and Tobago. The current exploratory effort draws on data from semi-structured interviews with individuals (N=130) in six diverse geographical locations in Trinidad and Tobago regarding their non-reporting of DV victimization to the police. The findings indicate that the main reason for DV victimization non-reporting by males on the island was fear of being viewed negatively by police officers and the public (32%), while for females the main reason was dependent economic status (21%)/protection of family (21%). For both males and females, the main barrier to reporting DV victimization to the police was embarrassment/shame. A key research finding was that males were nine times more likely than females to not report their DV victimization to the police.

Title	Domestic Violence: Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Non-Reporting to the Police in Trinidad and Tobago
Author	redgarnetamaranth
Upvotes	16
Comments	2
Date	November 13, 2022 3:23 PM UTC (1 year ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/Male_Studies/comments/yu4p20/domestic_violence_intimate_partner_violence/
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