Early Research on Police Response Flashcards
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”
