Citation

Lin K, Sun IY, Wu Y, Xue J. Policing Soc. 2021; 31(7): 878-894.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10439463.2020.1797027

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In March 2016, China's Anti-Domestic Violence Law became effective. The main objective of this study is to empirically test the effects of training and knowledge on the recent anti-domestic violence legislation on Chinese police officers' attitudes toward law enforcement interventions into domestic violence. Performing Path Analysis on survey data collected from 623 police officers in Jiangsu, China, this study found that training and knowledge on the law, while mediating the positive effects of organisational support and previous experience of handling domestic violence on officers' proactive attitudes toward policing domestic violence, did not have a direct connection to pro-arrest attitudes. Organisational support is the strongest predictor of endorsement of domestic violence interventions as important police work and pro-arrest attitudes. Implications for criminal justice policies and practice are also discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

Anti-Domestic Violence Law; China; domestic violence; Policing