ABSTRACT Growing research attention is being devoted to intimate partner violence (IPV) involving sexual minority individuals, which is providing insights about prevalence and disclosure patterns. While this work consistently finds that sexual minority IPV victims are reluctant to report to the police, little is known about actual police response to these victims. One unexplored area concerns how growing societal support and legal recognition of same-sex relationships might affect police response to IPV such as arrest. This issue is particularly timely given the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage. The present study examines police response to IPV involving same-sex couples using arrest data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Findings indicate a relationship between legal recognition of same-sex marriage and arrest in IPV cases for both male and female same-sex couples. Implications of these findings for policy and future research are discussed.

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警察对婚姻平等时代同性亲密伴侣暴力的反应

摘要越来越多的研究注意力集中在涉及性少数群体的亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）上，这提供了关于患病率和披露模式的见解。尽管这项工作始终发现性少数IPV受害人不愿向警察报告，但对于警察对这些受害人的实际反应知之甚少。一个尚未探索的领域是，越来越多的社会支持和对同性关系的法律认可如何影响警察对IPV的反应，例如逮捕。考虑到美国最高法院2015年在Obergefell诉Hodges案中将同性婚姻合法化的裁决，这个问题特别及时。本研究使用基于国家事件报告系统（NIBRS）的逮捕数据，考察了警察对涉及同性伴侣的IPV的反应。调查结果表明，男女同性伴侣在IPV案件中合法承认同性婚姻与逮捕之间存在联系。讨论了这些发现对政策和未来研究的影响。