Intimate partner violence (IPV), inclusive of all forms of abuse, is an ongoing public health and criminal-legal issue that transcends social boundaries. However, there is a lack of equitable representation of diverse populations who experience IPV in the literature. To garner a holistic knowledge of diverse IPV survivor populations’ experiences with seeking help from the police, the current review utilized a qualitative research synthesis methodology to explore police interactions among six IPV survivor populations that are underrepresented in the current literature: women with substance use issues, immigrant women, women in rural localities, heterosexual men, racially/ethnically minoritized women, and sexual minority women. Seven electronic databases were searched to identify peer-reviewed articles on IPV survivors’ narrative descriptions (qualitative or mixed-methods) of their encounters with law enforcement. The final analysis included 28 studies that were then coded with an iterative coding strategy. The analysis uncovered the following themes: (a) revictimization by the police, (b) police negligence, (c) discrimination, (d) cultural differences, and (e) positive experiences. These themes demonstrated that while some experiences with law enforcement were shared between under-researched survivor groups, some experiences were explicitly tied to some aspects of survivors’ identities. Recognizing the potential law enforcement has to support survivors, the findings of the current review reiterate the need for ongoing efforts to improve law enforcement knowledge and overall response to IPV, especially for diverse populations of IPV survivors.

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不同的亲密伴侣暴力幸存者向警方寻求帮助的经历：定性研究综合


亲密伴侣暴力 （IPV），包括所有形式的虐待，是一个超越社会界限的持续公共卫生和刑事法律问题。然而，文献中缺乏对经历 IPV 的不同人群的公平代表。为了获得对不同 IPV 幸存者群体向警方寻求帮助的经历的全面了解，目前的综述采用了定性研究综合方法来探讨当前文献中代表性不足的六个 IPV 幸存者群体之间的警察互动：有物质使用问题的女性、移民女性、农村地区的女性、异性恋男性、种族/民族少数化女性、 以及性少数群体女性。检索了 7 个电子数据库，以确定关于 IPV 幸存者对他们与执法部门相遇的叙述性描述（定性或混合方法）的同行评审文章。最终分析包括 28 项研究，然后使用迭代编码策略进行编码。分析揭示了以下主题：（a） 警察再次受害，（b） 警察疏忽，（c） 歧视，（d） 文化差异，以及 （e） 积极体验。这些主题表明，虽然一些执法经验在研究不足的幸存者群体之间是共享的，但有些经历与幸存者身份的某些方面明确相关。认识到执法部门必须支持幸存者的可能性，当前审查的结果重申了持续努力提高执法知识和对 IPV 的整体反应的必要性，特别是针对不同的 IPV 幸存者群体。