Public perception of bidirectional intimate partner violence

Simran Ahmed, L. Maaike Helmus and Alexandra Lysova

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024, vol. 90, issue C

Abstract: Bidirectional violence is the most common form of intimate partner violence (IPV) and may influence public reactions to it. Laypeople recruited from Amazon's MTurk (n = 2248) were randomly assigned a fictional IPV vignette manipulating relationship gender dyad, direction of violence, and severity of injury. Participants generally perceived lower offender risk, lower physical and psychological harm to victim, and higher victim responsibility when violence was bidirectional, often incrementally to other case factors. Increasing our understanding of how bidirectionality influences perceptions of IPV may help combat stereotypes about IPV, improve support-seeking behaviors from “non-typical” victims, and increase accuracy of case management decisions.

Keywords: Risk perception; Bidirectional violence; Intimate partner violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2023.102149

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