An updated assessment of personal protective order statutes in the United States: Have statutes become more progressive in the past decade?
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2017-08-21
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Richards, T. N., Tudor, A., & Gover, A. R. (n.d). An Updated Assessment of Personal Protective Order Statutes in the United States: Have Statutes Become More Progressive in the Past Decade?. Violence Against Women, 24(7), 816-842.
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Abstract
The Personal Protection Order (PPO) is one civil intervention all states provide to
victims of domestic violence; however, each state varies widely in who can access
PPOs, what protections are included in PPOs, and how they are enforced. Given the
many changes to state PPO statutes over the last decade, this research replicates and
updates DeJong and Burgess-Proctor’s research on PPOs’ victim-friendliness (using
states’ 2003 PPO statutes) by examining states’ 2014 PPO statutes. Findings suggest
that states have become more victim-friendly with most states ranking in the highest
category of victim-friendliness. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.