MALE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Informing Social ... - Amen

experiences. She also found that some social workers could not accept that a man could
be a victim of domestic violence. The community social worker accepts that male
victims could feel the way they do about social workers. In his experience of social
workers, he was not aware of any social workers that would collude with the mother to
take the children away from their fathers.
Conclusion
This chapter has laid out the research findings and in general the literature researched
has supports the views given by the focus group. However there has been a mixed
response received from the social workers interviewed. Overall the medical social
worker was well equipped to provide an insightful response due to the high levels of
contact with male victims of domestic violence. The child protection social worker and
community social worker also gave insightful responses, but lacked in the experience of
working with male victims due to the extremely low contact rate between social
workers and male victims of domestic violence.
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