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Police Response to Latina Immigrant Intimate Partner Violence Victims: A Qualitative Analysis
Alondra D Garza1, Cortney A Franklin2, Amanda Goodson3
1Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA.
Abstract:
While an increasing body of literature has assessed police response to intimate partner violence (IPV), a dearth of this research has examined police decision-making with formal reports of IPV among Latina immigrants. Using a LatCrit theoretical framework, the current study addressed this substantive gap through the systematic methods of the grounded theory approach to assess a sample of 36 police case files drawn from an agency located in one of the fifth most populous and diverse US cities. Results from the current study identified five themes related to shortcomings in police response to Latina immigrant IPV victims. The themes included cultural coercive control, language barriers, victim participation, case clearance efforts, and service provision. Policy implications and avenues for future research are discussed.
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