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Exploring Control, Threats, Violence and Help-Seeking among Women Held at Gunpoint by Abusive Partners
Journal of Family Violence ( IF 2.897 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-03 , DOI: 10.1007/s10896-021-00284-3
TK Logan , Kellie Lynch , Robert Walker

Firearms are used in over half of partner violence victim homicides, and many victims experience firearm-related threats from their abusive partners. It is unclear whether, and to what extent, abusers who make firearm-related threats also engage in other forms of control and violence. An online community-based sample of women whose abusive partners caused them to experience fear because of their access to guns or threats to use them were recruited for the study. This study examined coercive control, threats, violence, and help-seeking for women whose partner held them at gunpoint (n = 112) compared to women whose partners did not hold them at gunpoint (n = 125). Women whose partners held them at gunpoint experienced more severe and frequent firearm and non-firearm related threats and physical/sexual violence. Additionally, abusers used a variety of strategies to control victims including tactics to increase dependency, debility, and dread—all of which were more frequent and severe among women held at gunpoint by the abuser. Only about half of the women held at gunpoint, and 30% of those not held at gunpoint, talked to police or sought a civil protective order. Among those that sought help through the justice system, only about 70% told police or the court about the firearm threats. Current legal remedies that restrict firearms may reduce some lethality risk, but safety is far from guaranteed by solely restricting gun ownership underscoring the importance of assessment and safety planning for partner violence victims who experience firearm-related threats.



中文翻译:

探索受虐待伙伴持枪指着妇女的控制、威胁、暴力和求助

超过一半的伴侣暴力受害者凶杀案都使用了枪支,而且许多受害者都受到来自施虐伴侣的与枪支相关的威胁。目前尚不清楚进行枪支相关威胁的施虐者是否以及在多大程度上也参与其他形式的控制和暴力。一项基于在线社区的女性样本被招募用于研究,这些女性的虐待伙伴使她们因为获得枪支或威胁使用枪支而感到恐惧。这项研究检查了伴侣持枪持枪的女性(n = 112)与伴侣没有持枪持枪的女性(n = 125)相比的强制控制、威胁、暴力和寻求帮助。伴侣用枪指着她们的女性遭受更严重和频繁的枪支和非枪支相关威胁以及身体/性暴力。此外,施虐者使用各种策略来控制受害者,包括增加依赖、虚弱和恐惧的策略——所有这些在施虐者用枪指着的女性中更为频繁和严重。只有大约一半的女性被枪指着,而没有被枪指着的女性中只有 30% 与警察交谈或寻求民事保护令。在通过司法系统寻求帮助的人中,只有大约 70% 的人告诉警方或法庭有关枪支威胁的情况。当前限制枪支的法律补救措施可能会降低一些致命风险,但仅通过限制枪支所有权并不能保证安全,这强调了对遭受枪支相关威胁的伴侣暴力受害者进行评估和安全规划的重要性。和恐惧——所有这些在被施虐者用枪指着的女性中更为频繁和严重。只有大约一半的女性被枪指着,而没有被枪指着的女性中只有 30% 与警察交谈或寻求民事保护令。在通过司法系统寻求帮助的人中,只有大约 70% 的人告诉警方或法庭有关枪支威胁的情况。当前限制枪支的法律补救措施可能会降低一些致命风险,但仅通过限制枪支所有权并不能保证安全,这强调了对遭受枪支相关威胁的伴侣暴力受害者进行评估和安全规划的重要性。和恐惧——所有这些在被施虐者用枪指着的女性中更为频繁和严重。只有大约一半的女性被枪指着,而没有被枪指着的女性中只有 30% 与警察交谈或寻求民事保护令。在通过司法系统寻求帮助的人中,只有大约 70% 的人告诉警方或法庭有关枪支威胁的情况。当前限制枪支的法律补救措施可能会降低一些致命风险,但仅通过限制枪支所有权并不能保证安全,这强调了对遭受枪支相关威胁的伴侣暴力受害者进行评估和安全规划的重要性。在通过司法系统寻求帮助的人中,只有大约 70% 的人告诉警方或法庭有关枪支威胁的情况。当前限制枪支的法律补救措施可能会降低一些致命风险,但仅通过限制枪支所有权并不能保证安全,这强调了对遭受枪支相关威胁的伴侣暴力受害者进行评估和安全规划的重要性。在通过司法系统寻求帮助的人中,只有大约 70% 的人告诉警方或法庭有关枪支威胁的情况。当前限制枪支的法律补救措施可能会降低一些致命风险,但仅通过限制枪支所有权并不能保证安全,这强调了对遭受枪支相关威胁的伴侣暴力受害者进行评估和安全规划的重要性。

更新日期:2021-06-03
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