To explore this issue the following methods were used:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with selected service providers in metropolitan Victoria who either work with male perpetrators of family violence in MBCPs or provide other supports to this cohort of men. Open-ended interview techniques gave research participants
the opportunity to respond to a topic in their own words and provide as much or as little information as they felt appropriate.
A survey monkey questionnaire was also distributed Australia wide to service providers who conduct MBCPs. The survey was a structured tool designed to elicit information about individual providers experience working with same-sex attracted or bi-sexual men at the intake,
assessment and group participation phases. It also provided the research participants with the opportunity to talk about additional support that could be offered to their service to provide a more holistic service. (from the report). This paper was completed as part of a Master in Social Work Final Placement project. Record #4776