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To cover a broad area of social work practice, the social workers that participated in these interviews were from different areas of social work practice, medical social work, child protection social work and community social work. The individual social workers were contacted by means of telephone conversation were I asked to speak to a social worker in relation to domestic violence. I told the social workers about the research I was carrying out on male victims of domestic violence and asked them did they have experience with any male victims. This process turned out to be very fruitful, as the social workers I made contact with new of someone or were willing to participate themselves in an interview for my research. The down side was that not all of the social workers had hands on experience in the area of male victims of domestic violence. The medical social worker had experience of working with clients that were male victim of domestic violence. The child protection social worker was in the process of working with her first client that was a male victim and the community social worker had experience of working with families that would have had violence within the home, but no direct experience with male victims of domestic violence. Ethical issues As domestic violence is an issue that is extremely personal and sensitive, it was quite clear that my research needed to be conducted with respect and sensitivity for those involved. Payne and Payne (2004) point out that ethical practice is not a switch that can be turned on or off when one feels like it, but that it ‘lies at the very heart of research’ beginning to end. It is the responsibility of the researcher to maintain moral conduct throughout the research. The acceptability of social research depends increasingly on the willingness of social researchers to accord respect to their subjects and to treat them with consideration. (Research Association’s Ethical Guidelines cited in Denscombe. 2002:175) In the facilitation and arrangement of the focus group there were a number of considerations to keep in mind, i.e. the location, did the men mind the focus group being recorded, would they accept me as a researcher and as a person that they could talk too. 29
My own personality was an important advantage and stood me well. I see myself as being patient, approachable, understanding, having a good use of empathy, non-judgemental, respectful, reliable, supportive, and a good listener. It is important for a researcher to remain detached and neutral from the research findings. During the focus group there were issues discussed in relation to social work and male victims of domestic violence. The participants aired their thoughts and feelings about their experiences with social workers. I was able to detach myself from these views by telling myself I can’t feel responsible for the actions of other social workers. Researchers should be committed to discovery and reporting things as faithfully and as honestly as possible, without allowing their investigations to be influenced by considerations other than what is truth of the matter. (Denscombe. 2002:177) Anonymity and respect was given the highest regard throughout the research to those who participated. Conclusion Chapter three has focused on the methods and methodology applied to this research. The following areas have been looked at the methods of data collection, methodology, the research sample, and the ethical issues encountered in the research. This chapter has explained the how and why of the research was carried out. The next chapter deals with an analysis of the data generated form the literature review, the focus group with male victims and individual interviews with social workers. 30
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Page 5 and 6: I would like to acknowledge and tha
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Page 9 and 10: If an abused man seeks help as a vi
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Page 14 and 15: elation to male victims of domestic
Page 16 and 17: domestic violence carried out in th
Page 18 and 19: Community studies have consistently
Page 20 and 21: Support groups are the most effecti
Page 22: welfare and the criminal justice sy
Page 25 and 26: CHAPTER THREE - METHOD AND METHODOL
Page 27 and 28: I processed this information and ca
Page 29: group. These men represented thirty
Page 33 and 34: CHAPTER FOUR - DATA ANALYSIS Introd
Page 35 and 36: this kind of pressure, along with t
Page 37 and 38: Findings from the focus group revea
Page 39 and 40: An analysis of the literature revea
Page 41 and 42: experiences. She also found that so
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Page 45 and 46: hard to trust or even find a solici
Page 47 and 48: support group for male victims of d
Page 49 and 50: APPENDIX 1 RESEARCH THEMES 1. Domes
Page 51 and 52: 7. What are the experiences of male
Page 53 and 54: found Amen’s policies to be not a
Page 55 and 56: One man’s words were that “the
Page 57 and 58: They felt that the law could be ver
Page 59 and 60: whatever their partner/spouse was s
Page 61 and 62: like most women that the long-term
Page 63 and 64: assessment and on what you say happ
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Page 69 and 70: BIBLIOGRAPHY Bell, M. and Wilson, K
Page 71 and 72: Kingston, P. and Penhale, B. (1995)

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