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it that they are afraid, what does it say? On the other hand I know of a man that his wife tried to get a barring order against him and she failed, just recently. So maybe attitudes are changing very slowly there has been a lot of media, John Waters comes out forcibly, and Joe Duffy had a whole programme dealing with it recently. Men are from my experience are not always heard, a lot of my colleagues in community care, while they might provide lip service, they don’t always believe what men are saying, if there is conflict between a male and female they are more likely to believe the female. 7. I carried out a focus group with male victims of domestic violence; a main concern for the men was the response they received from social workers. The men felt they were not believed, that the social workers involved believed whatever their partner/spouse was saying. One man’s words were, “<strong>Social</strong> workers assisted my wife in kidnapping my children”. What is your view? A lot of the younger social workers, their training would not have always involved male victims of domestic violence. There are times, that I need to challenge some of my colleagues about decisions they might be taking, I have to advocate on behalf of my male patients, my whole aim is to get them to think, to get them to look at their own attitudes, because they are reflecting the general view of society, which is that a child is always better off with the mother, and this is not always the case. Solicitors too, some men can find it very hard to find a solicitor to represent them, because they are not believed, I know a lot of the solicitors can be very dismissive of male victims of domestic violence. Other than that the training is vital, we include everyone in the training, from security, porters, chaplins, ambulance staff, ex-ray staff, care staff, nurses and Doctors anyone involved in the Accident and Emergency department, you don’t have to have a white coat for someone to disclose information to you. It is a very large department and in January 2002 we carried in depth training, and in one week alone we trained about a hundred and sixty staff and each year since then we have been carrying out training, twice yearly. Triad nurses are the most important persons in the Accident and Emergency Department, they are experienced staff nurses who will assess how serious a persons injuries are, and depending on his/her 61
assessment and on what you say happened to you, depends on what category you are placed into. We can see from our own figures, when new staff starts and when we haven’t trained staff for a while, our figures of reporting drop. CHILD PROTECTION SOCIAL WORKER Experience: Trained in England, and is now qualified to work in Ireland for the last four years. During that time she has worked in the following areas: child protection, adult learning difficulties, asylum seekers, fostering and starting in counselling. 1. How are male victims of domestic violence viewed by social workers? I have no direct experience of working with men who are victims of domestic violence, except for the case I am working on currently. My view would be, that it wouldn’t be common for us to know about it, it is happening but our culture is not open to hearing about the violence and it would be dismissed. We’d question their motives when they come forward but we would believe that it does happen. I’d say the research isn’t even correct around it. I would hope that I would deal with the issues as if I was dealing with a female victim. 62
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MALE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE I
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Table of Contents Slap…………
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I would like to acknowledge and tha
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ON
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If an abused man seeks help as a vi
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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
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Page 25 and 26: CHAPTER THREE - METHOD AND METHODOL
Page 27 and 28: I processed this information and ca
Page 29 and 30: group. These men represented thirty
Page 31 and 32: My own personality was an important
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
Page 43 and 44: CHAPTER FIVE - CONCLUSION Introduct
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: like most women that the long-term
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Page 67 and 68: 2. If a man reports that he is a vi
Page 69 and 70: BIBLIOGRAPHY Bell, M. and Wilson, K
Page 71 and 72: Kingston, P. and Penhale, B. (1995)
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