Researching Violence against Women in Aotearoa/New Zealand
Abstract: This paper discusses
strategies for research with women who have been victimised in their
intimate relationships with
their partners. I
will discuss the
specific issues that concern the
vulnerability of women
victimised by intimate
partner violence: experiences of
intimate violence, stereotyping,
minimisation, sexual violence, protection of children, the meaning
of safety. Examples from the accounts of women who whose
partners had been
prosecuted for violence
against them, and
those who had sought legal
interventions like protection orders, will illustrate how each of these issues needs to be taken intoaccount when
conducting research with abused women. Strategies that
we have used
to deal with
these issues in
studies conducted in the
Domestic Violence Interventions
and Services Research
Programme will be discussed, with illustrations of the
complexities of putting them into practice.
Author: Mandy Morgan
Journal Code: jppsikologiabnormalgg140001
