Abstract
One means of reducing violence against people experiencing domestic abuse is to improve the pathway which they use to access help from the police and other services. In this paper we report and reflect on a project which contributes to violence reduction via a participatory approach to service improvement, focusing on this pathway. We describe the four phases of an innovative experiencebased co-design (EBCD) project, which involved collaborating with domestic abuse survivors as well as members of the police and domestic abuse organizations. We report on indicators of the acceptability and feasibility of EBCD in this context. We also reflect upon the potential of the EBCD approach for involving communities in collaborating with services to reduce domestic abuse. We discuss the conceptual and methodological implications with regard to adopting participatory and inclusive approaches in contexts where power-sharing may be difficult. We argue that EBCD has considerable potential for use in this setting and we identify several areas where insights from this project could be used to improve the future viability of any such initiatives.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 93 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Societies |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jun 2022 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Funding: This research received partial funding from the regional Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office and from the corresponding regional Police Force. S.G.-Z.’s PhD was partially funded through a scholarship from the University of Birmingham.
Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords
- Acceptability
- Co-design
- Domestic abuse
- Epistemic justice
- Feasibility
- Help-seeking
- Independent domestic violence advisors
- Police
- Service improvement
- Violence
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences