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Examines how institutional power filters down into police officers' intimate relationships. While focusing on female officers' experience and institutional response, the book is insightful and relevant for civilian victims, advocates, attorneys and law enforcement administrators. A brief look at the profession's historical treatment of women and minorities provides the background for this analysis of police-perpetrated domestic violence. Read the Abstract and reviews. (156 pgs, includes 93 bibliographic references; Available for purchase.)
In 1998, a group of national experts met at the FBI National Academy to share their expertise in dealing with police-perpetrated domestic violence. Their work was published as Domestic Violence by Police Officers (Washington DC: U.S.Department of Justice, 2000). This chapter by Diane Wetendorf examines the dynamics of police-perpetrated domestic violence and how it impacts the victim, the department and the community.
Rather than customizing services for victims of police abusers, we need to expect that the departments have the integrity to hold their own police family members accountable for criminal behavior.
Officers who batter typically use tactics of control they acquired through their professional training and experience. Their professional credibility and authority uniquely position abusive officers to explain, defend and summon institutional support and assistance from the very systems victims turn to for protection. (23 pgs, includes 48 bibliographic references; Available for purchase.)
Wetendorf and Davis find that solutions good from the department's perspective can make things worse for the victim; and solutions better for the victim can leave the department open to liability. (Available for purchase.)
Explores how the tremendous power and authority granted to officers to protect the public can lead to the abuse of their power. (Available for purchase.)
As the victim of a police officer, your situation is very different than that of other victims of domestic violence. If you have ever tried to get help, you may have become discouraged because no one seemed to understand your plight. You are not alone.(32 pgs; Available for purchase.)
Two essays, Developing Policy on Officer-Involved Domestic Violence and The Misuse of Police Powers in Officer-Involved Domestic Violence, explore how the tremendous power and authority granted to officers to protect the public can lead to the abuse of their power. Wetendorf and Davis find that solutions good from the department's perspective can make things worse for the victim; and solutions better for the victim can leave the department open to liability. (32 pgs; Available for purchase.)
Examines how the expectations and values of the female officer's profession and workplace culture influence her behavior and decisions regarding her abusive relationship.
Examines how the expectations and values of the female officer's profession and workplace culture influence her behavior and decisions regarding her abusive relationship.
Comprehensive resource for advocates working with women whose batterers are in law enforcement. Includes specific safety considerations and advocacy strategies.
Media coverage on the disappearance of Stacy Peterson has been remiss in its failure to highlight former Sgt. Peterson’s profession as a law enforcement officer. Although most reports have noted his profession there has been no analysis addressing his law enforcement experience as a significant aspect of his emerging profile as a serial abuser.
Female Officers as Victims of Police-Perpetrated Domestic Violence