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    Police Officers' Attitude Towards Gender-Based Violence in Kirkos Sub-City, Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2012-06) Demmelash, Feteh; Emirie, Guday (PhD)
    The main objective of the study is to investigate police officers' allitude towards gender-based violence in Kirkos Sub -City of Addis Ababa. To allain this objective, both primary and secondary data co llection methods were used. The secondary data were gath ered through critical review of related conceptual, th eo retical, empirical studie s as well as policies at th e international, regional and national levels. Th e primary data wer e collected through quantitative and qualitative methods. Th e survey ques ti onnaire was use d to gather th e relevant quantitative data which were analyzed through statistical techniques such as percentage, mean, median and standard deviation. The qualitative data were gathered through focus group discussions. in-dep th interviews with vic tim s, key informan ts and police officers. Finally, th e findings of th e study were thematica lly organized and analyz ed through tri angulation of various data sources to increase th e validity and reliability of th e findings of th e study. It was found that gender-based violence is prevalent ill th e study area, but it is not adequately reported since it affect s the vi ctim s who are in a relatively lower status in terms of age, socio-economic status and power relations. The police officers in the study area have positiv e allitude towards community polic in g system, but they do not practice it to prevent and mitigate GB V crimes. It was also found that th ere is no clear gender difference in th e allitude of police officers towards GB V. Th e police officers appl ication and scope of GBV crim inality is mostly related to sexual violence only; their allit ude towards WOmen and girls was found to be not positive in that th ey see women and girls as subordinate to men and boys; vi ewin g some of the victims as suspec ts, blaming them for the violence they exp erienced and e ven being the perpetr ators in some cases; it can be argued that the polic e officers do not have positiv e allitude towards preventing and mitigating GBV crimes. Thus , th e police officers under study, esp ecially those who are directly related to GB V in th e study area do not have an attitude that enhances the report rate and decrease th e prevalence rate ofGBV Finally , th e study recommends the need for further inves tigation on issues related to police oJjicers allitude towards victims and gender difference in the allitude of police officers towards GBV. Trainings should also be g iven for police officers in order to improve their understanding of th e scop e and criminality ofGBV, the ir altitude t owards vict ims, WOmen and their altitudes towards GBV.
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    Police Officers’ Attitude Towards Gender-Based Violence in Kirkos Sub-City, Addis Ababa
    (Addis Ababa University, 2012-06) Demmelash, Feteh; Emirie, Guday (PhD)
    The main objective of the study is to investigate police officers’ attitude towards gender-based violence in Kirkos Sub-City of Addis Ababa. To attain this objective, both primary and secondary data collectionmethods were used. The secondary data were gathered through critical review of related conceptual, theoretical, empirical studies as well as policies at the international, regional and national levels. The primary data were collected through quantitative and qualitative methods. The survey questionnaire was used to gather the relevant quantitative data which were analyzed through statistical techniques such as percentage, mean, median and standard deviation. The qualitative data were gathered through focus group discussions, in-depth interviews with victims, key informants and police officers. Finally, the findings of the study were thematically organized and analyzed through triangulation of various data sources to increase the validity and reliability of the findings of the study. It was found that gender-based violence is prevalent in the study area, but it is not adequately reported since it affects the victims who are in a relatively lower status in terms of age, socio-economic status and power relations. The police officers in the study area have positive attitude towards community policing system, but they do not practice it to prevent and mitigate GBV crimes. It was also found that there is no clear gender difference in the attitude of police officers towards GBV. The police officers application and scope of GBV criminality is mostly related to the sexual violence only; their attitude towards women and girls was found to be not positive in that they see women and girls as subordinate to men and boys; viewing some of the victims as suspects, blaming them for the violence they experienced and even being the perpetrators in some cases; it can be argued that the police officers do not have positive attitude towards preventing and mitigating GBV crimes. Thus, the police officers under study, especially those who are directly related to GBV in the study area do not have an attitude that enhances the report rate and decrease the prevalence rate of GBV. Finally, the study recommends the need for further investigation on issues related to police officers attitude towards victims and gender difference in the attitude of police officers towards GBV. Trainings should also be given for police officers in order to improve their understanding of the scope and criminality of GBV, their attitude towards victims, women and their attitudes about GBV