TY  - SER
AU  - Denne, Stephanie
AU  - Coombes, Leigh
AU  - Morgan, Mandy
TI  - Problematising effectiveness : : the inclusion of victim advocacy services in living without violence programmes provision and evaluation
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Palmerston North, N.Z.
PB  - Massey University, 
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - EVALUATION
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES
KW  - PERPETRATORS
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - MANAWATU
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
N1  - Refereed Proceedings of Doing Psychology: Manawatu Doctoral Research Symposium, 2013, 2: 27-34
N2  - "Advocacy services in collaboration with living without violence programmes have the potential to increase experiences of safety and well-being for the victims of domestic violence. However, advocacy services are not always offered within programmes and the influence of advocacy is often over-looked when evaluating the ‘effectiveness’ of programme provision. An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of semi-structured interviews with five (ex) partners of men who had completed a living without violence programme found that advocacy services meaningfully increased victims’ feelings of safety and well-being independent from changes, or lack of change, in the men’s violent behaviour. Therefore, victim advocacy may be a valuable addition to living without violence programmes and can potentially offer a broader, multidimensional understanding of ‘effectiveness’ in evaluations of programme success. " (Authors' abstract)
UR  - http://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/4955
ER  -