Citation

Hayes BE. Fem. Criminol. 2018; 13(2): 138-159.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1557085116651714

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Despite progress in the application of routine activity theory to violence against women, much remains unknown about guardianship. The current study examined if presence of a capable adult guardian limited the risk of revictimization by an intimate partner, controlling for social support (N = 497). Analyses tested differential impacts of guardians by examining if the presence of the victim's friends/family, abuser's friends/family, and/or bystander during the earliest reported physical abuse incident or threat of abuse affected likelihood of revictimization within a year. Odds of revictimization decreased by 60% when the earliest reported physical abuse incident or threat of abuse occurred in the presence of the respondent's friends/family. Implications for practices and research suggestions are discussed.

Language: en