Consistent with a therapeutic jurisprudence framework, court decisions and processes can have a therapeutic or antitherapeutic effect on intimate partner violence (IPV) victims. To maximize therapeutic effects, IPV scholars have advocated for survivor-defined practices that emphasize the importance of engaging with victims in a collaborative manner that promotes autonomy, choice, and control. However, limited research exists in the context of criminal protection orders (POs). The current study addressed this gap by assessing whether criminal PO match (whether victims received the level PO they requested [i.e., PO match] or not [i.e., PO mismatch]) and victims’ subjective experiences of the court process were associated with their willingness to use the system in the future to address IPV. In a sample of 187 women whose partners were arrested for IPV, experiencing the court processes as positive (β = .36, p = .001) and court-related fear (β = .41, p < .001) were positively associated with willingness to use the system in the future. Additionally, PO match moderated the association between subjective court experiences and willingness to use the system in the future. Experiencing the court processes as negative (b = .33, p = .005) and validating (b = –.36, p = .001) was associated with willingness to use the system in the future only for participants who did not receive the PO level they requested. While experiencing the court as positive (b = –.40, p ≤ .001) was associated with willingness to use the system regardless of PO match, it was most strongly associated for participants who did not receive the PO level they requested. Results suggest the importance of ascertaining strategies to improve victims’ experiences with the court, especially when victims’ requests are not met, to increase future engagement with the system.

与治疗法学框架一致，法院判决和程序可以对亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 受害者产生治疗或反治疗作用。为了最大限度地发挥治疗效果，IPV 学者提倡幸存者定义的实践，强调以促进自主、选择和控制的协作方式与受害者接触的重要性。然而，在刑事保护令 (PO) 方面的研究有限。目前的研究通过评估刑事 PO 匹配（受害者是否收到他们要求的级别 PO [即 PO 匹配] [即 PO 不匹配]）和受害者对法庭程序的主观体验是否与他们的意愿相关联来解决这一差距将来使用该系统来解决 IPV 问题。p = .001）和法庭相关恐惧（β = .41，p < .001）与未来使用该系统的意愿呈正相关。此外，PO 匹配调节了主观法庭体验与未来使用该系统的意愿之间的关联。将法庭程序体验为负面（b = .33，p = .005）和验证（b = –.36，p = .001）仅与未收到他们要求的采购订单级别。在体验球场积极的同时 ( b = –.40, p≤ .001) 与使用系统的意愿相关，无论 PO 匹配如何，这与没有收到他们要求的 PO 级别的参与者最密切相关。结果表明，确定策略以改善受害者在法庭上的体验非常重要，尤其是在受害者的要求未得到满足时，以增加未来与该系统的参与度。