‘Abuse usually starts gradually and gets worse over time’ (Haley et al, 2010, p.15). Many victims and survivors, unfortunately do not always detect the abuse straight away. Looking at only one side of domestic abuse is offensive, as there is not just one perspective of domestic abuse. The reality is, people are still suffering from domestic abuse, inflicted by their inmate partners within today’s society. Domestic violence and abuse is a serious crime, which needs to be addressed. In the city of London, innocent and vulnerable indivudals are being abused at the hands of their initmate partners. There are many abrivations used around domestic abuse. IPV represents Inimate Partner Violence and is used when talking about violence within intimate couples. However, this diseration will not only focus on the violence which occurs between two intmate partners. Therefore the term ‘Domestic Abuse’, will be used throughout this project. As it only represents not only violence, but also emotional, finanical, social and pychological abuse.
Why domestic abuse? I choose this subject as an area of exploration, as a few of my close family members have been domestically abused in the past by the person they thought loved them. …show more content…
I have seen what domestic abuse can do to both female and male survivors. However, not everyone who has been domestically abused survives, some people do lose their lives, due to their partners. For that reason, I have decided to compare and discuss the experiences of female and male survivors of domestic abuse. In the hopes of not only, creating more awareness of the serious abuse, in which people who being domestically abuse experience. But also, minimalising the number of unreported incidents of domestic abuse in London. I noticed prior to this research project that, past studies on domestic abuse. Lacked an in depth discussion into the similarities and differences, between male and female survivors experience of domestic abuse. Personally, I feel an untold sense of unfairness for the male survivors of domestic abuse. As domestic abuse be gender neutral however, it is not often seen this way. Hence, why I have chosen to provide a research project which creates less ignorance for the male survivors experience. The layout for this research project will be as followed…To begin with, this dissertation project will a literature review. The literature review will discuss the reporting of domestic abuse, combined with the way in which the police and local authorities, can have an adverse effect on the number of people who report their abuse. This section of this essay will also highlight domestic abuse statics in the UK, as well as give overall overview of the different forms of domestic abuse. Following the literature section will be the methodology section. This section gives a clear step by step guide into how the research was carried out. This includes the methods used and why, the challenges which arose and lastly the participants chosen to take part in the research. I decided to do face to face semi structured interviews for my data collection, as this method is ‘traditionally collected in person’ (Braun and Clarke, 2013m, p.332). By being there in person I was more able to comfort and reassure my participants. In addition to this, I
Why domestic abuse? I choose this subject as an area of exploration, as a few of my close family members have been domestically abused in the past by the person they thought loved them. …show more content…
I have seen what domestic abuse can do to both female and male survivors. However, not everyone who has been domestically abused survives, some people do lose their lives, due to their partners. For that reason, I have decided to compare and discuss the experiences of female and male survivors of domestic abuse. In the hopes of not only, creating more awareness of the serious abuse, in which people who being domestically abuse experience. But also, minimalising the number of unreported incidents of domestic abuse in London. I noticed prior to this research project that, past studies on domestic abuse. Lacked an in depth discussion into the similarities and differences, between male and female survivors experience of domestic abuse. Personally, I feel an untold sense of unfairness for the male survivors of domestic abuse. As domestic abuse be gender neutral however, it is not often seen this way. Hence, why I have chosen to provide a research project which creates less ignorance for the male survivors experience. The layout for this research project will be as followed…To begin with, this dissertation project will a literature review. The literature review will discuss the reporting of domestic abuse, combined with the way in which the police and local authorities, can have an adverse effect on the number of people who report their abuse. This section of this essay will also highlight domestic abuse statics in the UK, as well as give overall overview of the different forms of domestic abuse. Following the literature section will be the methodology section. This section gives a clear step by step guide into how the research was carried out. This includes the methods used and why, the challenges which arose and lastly the participants chosen to take part in the research. I decided to do face to face semi structured interviews for my data collection, as this method is ‘traditionally collected in person’ (Braun and Clarke, 2013m, p.332). By being there in person I was more able to comfort and reassure my participants. In addition to this, I