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“If It Goes Horribly Wrong the Whole World Descends on You”: The Influence of Fear, Vulnerability, and Powerlessness on Police Officers’ Response to Victims of Head Injury in Domestic Violence

dc.contributor.authorRichards, J
dc.contributor.authorSmithson, J
dc.contributor.authorMoberly, NJ
dc.contributor.authorSmith, A
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-16T06:48:38Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-02
dc.description.abstractDomestic violence (DV) victims face significant barriers to accessing healthcare. This is particularly concerning in cases of brain injury (BI), which is difficult to diagnose and risks severe long-term consequences for DV victims. Police may be able to identify head injury (HI) and signpost victims to healthcare. This research investigated potential barriers to police supporting victim health needs by exploring police attitudes towards DV and considering how police interpret and respond to stories of HI in DV victims. Individual interviews were conducted with 12 police officers from forces in South and Central England. This included the use of a clinical vignette. Thematic analysis highlighted three global themes: ‘seesaw of emotions’, ‘police vulnerability’, and ‘head injury is fearful’. Police officers’ vulnerability to external blame was the predominant influence in their responses to HI.en_GB
dc.identifier.citationVol. 18 (13), article 7070en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph18137070
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/126435
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherMDPIen_GB
dc.rights© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_GB
dc.subjectdomestic violence (DV)en_GB
dc.subjecthealth consequencesen_GB
dc.subjectpsychological consequencesen_GB
dc.subjecthead injuryen_GB
dc.subjecttraumatic brain injury (TBI)en_GB
dc.subjectpoliceen_GB
dc.title“If It Goes Horribly Wrong the Whole World Descends on You”: The Influence of Fear, Vulnerability, and Powerlessness on Police Officers’ Response to Victims of Head Injury in Domestic Violenceen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2021-07-16T06:48:38Z
dc.identifier.issn1661-7827
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available on open access from MDPI via the DOI in this recorden_GB
dc.descriptionData Availability Statement: The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to confidentiality.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthen_GB
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-06-26
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-07-02
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2021-07-16T06:47:20Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2021-07-16T06:48:46Z
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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Except where otherwise noted, this item's licence is described as © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).