The legal granting of temporary and permanent protective orders prohibits a perpetrator from engaging in contact with the victim. Although protective orders reduce risk of re-abuse, very little research has explored factors that predict the likelihood that a victim is granted a protective order. Thus, we conducted an archival analysis on data previously collected from a Protection Order Assistance Office in a midwestern region of the United States, testing the influence of victim and perpetrator race on protective order allocations. Specifically, we coded data gathered from 490 petitioners (i.e., victims) seeking a protective order against a perpetrator of intimate partner violence, stalking, or sexual offending. Analyses revealed that racial minority victims were significantly less likely to receive a temporary protective order compared to White victims – effects that were exacerbated when the perpetrator was White (versus racial minority). These results are in line with existing research and theory regarding aversive racism. Implications for theory, policy, and practice are discussed.

临时和永久保护令的合法授予禁止施暴者与受害者接触。尽管保护令降低了再次虐待的风险，但很少有研究探索预测受害者获得保护令的可能性的因素。因此，我们对之前从美国中西部地区的保护令援助办公室收集的数据进行了档案分析，测试了受害者和肇事者种族对保护令分配的影响。具体而言，我们对从 490 名寻求保护令以打击亲密伴侣暴力、跟踪或性犯罪的肇事者的请愿者（即受害者）收集的数据进行了编码。分析显示，与白人受害者相比，少数族裔受害者获得临时保护令的可能性要小得多——当肇事者是白人（与少数族裔相比）时，这种影响会加剧。这些结果与现有的关于厌恶种族主义的研究和理论一致。讨论了对理论、政策和实践的影响。