Journal of Interpersonal Violence ( IF 2.621 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-01 , DOI: 10.1177/08862605211028327 Katherine Brandt 1 , Michelle Johnson-Motoyama 1
Teen dating violence (TDV) is a public health crisis that organizations and individuals in several fields are working to prevent and address. State lawmakers are a group with substantial power to address TDV and intimate partner violence (IPV) through policies including Civil Protection Order (CPO) statutes. Understanding the factors that influence how state legislators craft TDV and IPV policies and how those policies are implemented can lead to policy processes that better serve survivors. Past research suggests the level of gender inequality in a state may be an important influence on TDV policies. This study used a case study approach to compare the processes of adding individuals in dating relationships to CPO statutes in a subset of states (n = 3) with high, middle, and low levels of gender inequality. Results did not suggest that gender inequality was related to variation between states but rather that it was a larger factor that creates the need for TDV policies at all. Relationships between the state IPV coalitions and lawmakers and the historical moment that laws were considered emerged as important factors in interstate variation. Future research can build on these results by further exploring the role of gender inequality in policy processes with additional states or policies and by examining the factors identified here in greater depth. Implications for practice are also discussed.
中文翻译:
约会暴力、保护令和性别不平等:政策制定和实施的跨州分析
青少年约会暴力 (TDV) 是一种公共卫生危机,多个领域的组织和个人正在努力预防和解决。州立法者是一个有权通过包括民事保护令 (CPO) 法规在内的政策解决 TDV 和亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 的团体。了解影响州立法者如何制定 TDV 和 IPV 政策以及如何实施这些政策的因素可以引导制定更好地为幸存者服务的政策流程。过去的研究表明,一个州的性别不平等程度可能对 TDV 政策产生重要影响。本研究使用案例研究方法比较了在部分州(n= 3) 具有高、中、低水平的性别不平等。结果并未表明性别不平等与州之间的差异有关,而是表明它是一个更大的因素,它根本就需要 TDV 政策。州 IPV 联盟和立法者之间的关系以及法律被认为的历史时刻成为州际差异的重要因素。未来的研究可以在这些结果的基础上进一步探索性别不平等在其他州或政策的政策过程中的作用,并更深入地研究此处确定的因素。还讨论了对实践的影响。