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Domestic abuse prevention after Raoul Moat
- Author:
- GADD David
- Journal article citation:
- Critical Social Policy, 32(4), November 2012, pp.495-516.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Drawing on the research literature on domestic abuse and the case of Raoul Moat, this article charts the development of domestic abuse policy between May 2010 and June 2011. It argues that during this period much of the infrastructure designed to tackle and prevent domestic abuse outside the criminal justice system began to be dismantled in anticipation of the new Coalition Government's reductions in public spending. It looks at the relationship between masculinity, violence and personal crisis and domestic abuse prevention work, and identifies a need for more preventative intervention with young men. It discusses government policy on reducing violence against women and girls, criminal justice and offender payback, and suggests that there is a risk that current responses to the financial deficit may increase the proportion of women and children who are vulnerable to violence.
Making sense of interviewee-interviewer dynamics in narratives about violence in intimate relationships
- Author:
- GADD David
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 7(5), December 2004, pp.383-401.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This article examines the dynamics between the author and an interviewee called 'Brian'. The article explores how the author's pursuit of a coherent account in a narrative interview reduced Brian's willingness to 'open up'. Brian's case is used to explore the impact of the author/researcher's defensiveness on the interview and the process of analysis. The article demonstrates the importance of theorizing the intersubjective dynamics that enable respondents to tell coherent stories, and, in so doing, draws especially on Hollway and Jefferson's concept of the 'defended subject'. The article concludes by arguing that reflexivity is best achieved when researchers return to their data having relinquished some of their investment in their research projects as they were originally conceived.
Reading between the lines: subjectivity and men's violence
- Author:
- GADD David
- Journal article citation:
- Men and Masculinities, 5(4), April 2003, pp.333-354.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Reports on a study which used a Free Association Narrative Interview method to interview 8 men who had been violent to female partners and were seeking help to change. The article outlines four of the men's accounts. Argues that psychic experience is not a simple product of social discourses, and masculinity cannot be read off from what men say. Argues that the psychoanalytic notion of a defended subject draws our attention to the unities among men more effectively than psychodiscursive approaches precisely because it is able to acknowledge biographically mediated differences between men.
From boys to men: overview and recommendations
- Authors:
- GADD David, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. School of Law
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The From Boys to Men Project has been conducted by research team members from the Universities of Manchester, Keele, Bristol and Edinburgh, and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The project explores why some boys become domestic abuse perpetrators when others do not. In so doing, it sought to establish what more could be done to reduce the number of young men who become perpetrators. The study involved three phases of data collection: Phase 1, a survey of 1203 school children aged 13-14; Phase 2, focus groups with 69 young people aged 13-19; and Phase 3 , life history interviews with 30 young men, aged 16-21, who had experienced domestic abuse as victims, perpetrators or witnesses. This report provides a brief overview of what the researchers found, and what recommendations follow from the project’s findings. (Edited publisher abstract)
Evaluating crime fears: a research note on a pilot study to improve the measurement of the ‘fear of crime’ as a performance indicator
- Authors:
- FARRALL Stephen, GADD David
- Journal article citation:
- Evaluation, 10(4), October 2004, pp.493-502.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Numerous projects aim to reduce not only crime but also the fear of crime. Reviews of the survey tools used to measure the fear of crime suggest that these tools may suffer from poor design. It is contended here that as well as suffering from poor design, these tools fail to address a number of important issues which evaluators and policy makers will be interested in: namely the prevalence, frequency and severity of fearful episodes. An alternative question structure that measures prevalence, frequency and severity of fearful episodes, and addresses design faults is discussed.
The frequency of the fear of crime
- Authors:
- FARRALL Stephen, GADD David
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Criminology, 44(1), January 2004, pp.127-132.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Research exploring the emotional responses to crime experienced by the citizens of several major European and North American countries, including the UK, has suggested that a significant proportion of the residents of these countries ‘fear’ crime. However, few researchers have explored the frequency with which citizens feel fearful. This brief research note reports on a study that explored the frequency and intensity of such feelings. The research suggests that few people fear crime frequently.
Domestic abuse against men in Scotland
- Authors:
- GADD David, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Executive. Central Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 86p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The main aims of this report are to: estimate the prevalence of domestic abuse perpetrated against men in Scotland; gauge the nature, frequency, and seriousness of this abuse; document and examine the perspectives of those men who had been abused, and; assess the adequacy of levels of service provision for men who have experienced domestic abuse in Scotland. The report proceeds to provide: an analysis of the contrasting pictures of domestic abuse evident in the statistical data derived from Scottish Police records for 1999 and 2000 and the findings of the Scottish Crime Survey 2000; an outline of the characteristics of male victims in relation to both male non-victims and female victims of domestic abuse; in-depth accounts of the abuse experienced by a sample of the men identified as victims of ‘domestic violence’ in the Scottish Crime Survey 2000; and a summary of the arguments for and against specialist service provision for abused men in Scotland.
Domestic abuse against men in Scotland (summary)
- Authors:
- GADD David, et al
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Domestic abuse against men in Scotland (full text)
- Authors:
- GADD David, et al
- Publisher:
- The Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 97p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Role of narrative and social networks in thwarting violence and sexual abuse in young people’s lives
- Authors:
- HYDÉN Margareta, GADD David, GRUND Thomas
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 50(7), 2020, pp.2172-2190.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Combining narrative analysis with social network analysis, this article analyses the case of a young Swedish female who had been physically and sexually abused. We show how she became trapped in an abusive relationship at the age of fourteen years following social work intervention in her family home, and how she ultimately escaped from this abuse aged nineteen years. The analysis illustrates the significance of responses to interpersonal violence from the social networks that surround young people; responses that can both entrap them in abusive relationships by blaming them for their problems and enable them to escape abuse by recognising their strengths and facilitating their choices. The article argues that the case for social work approaches that envision young people’s social networks after protective interventions have been implemented. The article explains that such an approach has the potential to reconcile the competing challenges of being responsive to young people’s needs while anticipating the heightened risk of being exposed to sexual abuse young people face when estranged from their families or after their trust in professionals has been eroded. (Edited publisher abstract)