"Put bluntly, they are targeted by the worst creeps society has to offer": Police and professionals' views and actions relating to domestic violence and women with intellectual disabilities.
attitude survey
domestic violence
women with intellectual disabilities
Journal
Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID
ISSN: 1468-3148
Titre abrégé: J Appl Res Intellect Disabil
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9613616
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jan 2019
Jan 2019
Historique:
received:
23
06
2017
revised:
04
05
2018
accepted:
31
05
2018
pubmed:
12
7
2018
medline:
23
2
2019
entrez:
12
7
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Little is known about the attitudes and practices of key personnel towards the domestic violence experienced by women with intellectual disabilities. An online survey was conducted of Police officers and health and social care professionals. A total of 717 Police and other professionals across a wide variety of UK sites responded. Research questions were focussed on direct experience, attitudes and responses. Approximately half of all respondents had direct experience of working with a woman with intellectual disabilities who had been through domestic violence. Professionals were more likely than the Police to see women with intellectual disabilities as being especially vulnerable. The majority of both professionals and Police believed women with intellectual disabilities were deliberately targeted by violent and abusive men. More training is needed for both the Police and health and social care professionals specifically in domestic violence as it affects women with intellectual disabilities.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Little is known about the attitudes and practices of key personnel towards the domestic violence experienced by women with intellectual disabilities.
METHOD
METHODS
An online survey was conducted of Police officers and health and social care professionals. A total of 717 Police and other professionals across a wide variety of UK sites responded. Research questions were focussed on direct experience, attitudes and responses.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Approximately half of all respondents had direct experience of working with a woman with intellectual disabilities who had been through domestic violence. Professionals were more likely than the Police to see women with intellectual disabilities as being especially vulnerable. The majority of both professionals and Police believed women with intellectual disabilities were deliberately targeted by violent and abusive men.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
More training is needed for both the Police and health and social care professionals specifically in domestic violence as it affects women with intellectual disabilities.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
71-81Subventions
Organisme : NIHR School for Social Care Research
Informations de copyright
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