In:
Criminology & Public Policy, Wiley, Vol. 21, No. 2 ( 2022-05), p. 379-404
Kurzfassung:
We investigated the degree to which legislatively mandated firearm restrictions for domestic violence protective orders (DVPOs) have been implemented in North Carolina. We used a representative sample of n = 406 DVPO hearings (2016–17) and found that defendant access to firearms was seldom discussed (23.81%). Among granted orders ( n = 303), 69.5% prohibited defendant firearm possession ( n = 238) but only 38.61% ordered firearm surrender ( n = 143). There were higher odds of restrictions when the defendant had threatened to kill the plaintiff (OR for prohibited possession: 2.25, CI: 1.02, 4.97; OR for firearm surrender: 1.93, CI: 1.09, 3.40); no other lethality indicators were significant. Judges verbally announced firearm restrictions only in one out of three cases (30.87% of DVPOs granted with prohibited possession; 33.02% of firearm surrender cases). Policy implications Protocol to assess firearm access, implement firearm restrictions, and communicate these provisions to litigants must be more clearly and consistently applied in the courtroom.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1538-6473
,
1745-9133
DOI:
10.1111/1745-9133.12581
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Wiley
Publikationsdatum:
2022
ZDB Id:
2094251-5
SSG:
2
SSG:
2,1
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