Academic team: Dr Emma Williams (CPRL, OU), Dr Nicky Miller (CPRL, OU), and Dr Clare Rawdin (CPRL, OU). The Principal Investigator is Dr Sarah Williams (Senior Research Fellow, University of South Wales)
Policing partners: South Wales Police, Gwent Police
Status: In progress
Following a number of high-profile cases, police perpetrated domestic abuse is a key issue within contemporary policing and connects to wider debates over trust and legitimacy. This project will investigate an initiative to support victim-survivors of police-perpetrated domestic abuse. The intervention consists of a two-year advocacy support programme which is being delivered by regional domestic abuse charities in two Welsh police force area (Gwent and South Wales).
Our involvement extends to developing a 'Theory of Change' for the intervention through workshops with key policing stakeholders. This will help to explain how the advocacy service works. Additionally, we are conducting interviews with relevant stakeholders and victim-survivors to gain their perspectives on the intervention.
The project's overall aims are to inform the evidence-base relating to interventions in the domestic abuse area, while also enabling shared learning within and beyond the two featured police force areas.
The process evaluation has now been completed and the outputs results from the research are available below. There is a final report, together with an Executive Summary and a slide pack summing up the key findings which was presented at a recent conference of the All-Wales Police Academic Collaboration.
Title | Outputs type | Lead academic | Year |
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Addressing police perpetrated violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV): A process evaluation | Final report | Osbourne, E | 2024 |
Addressing police perpetrated violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV): A process evaluation | PowerPoint | Wallace, S | 2024 |
Addressing police perpetrated violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV): A process evaluation | Video | Osbourne, E | 2024 |
Addressing police perpetrated violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV): A process evaluation | Key findings | 2024 |
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