Citation

Richards TN, Tudor A, Gover AR. Violence Against Women 2018; 24(7): 816-842.

Affiliation

University of Colorado Denver, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801217722237

PMID

29332498

Abstract

The Personal Protection Order (PPO) is one civil intervention all states provide to victims of domestic violence; however, each state varies widely in who can access PPOs, what protections are included in PPOs, and how they are enforced. Given the many changes to state PPO statutes over the last decade, this research replicates and updates DeJong and Burgess-Proctor's research on PPOs' victim-friendliness (using states' 2003 PPO statutes) by examining states' 2014 PPO statutes.

FINDINGS suggest that states have become more victim-friendly with most states ranking in the highest category of victim-friendliness. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

domestic violence; victim empowerment; violence against women