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Reflection On Domestic Violence

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Like so many of the topics studied by investigators in our research institutions, domestic violence does not happen in a vacuum. In an attempt to better understand DV as it occurs in the real world with the accompanying compounding issues which often occur with DV (e.g. addiction, financial problems, health issues, language barriers, etc.), I propose a two-part research project. The first part will focus on undocumented DV survivors and their experiences and journey toward seeking assistance/resources for DV. The second part will focus on the perpetrator of DV and attempt to identify typologies of batterers. Taken together the hope is that this research project will provide a better understanding of domestic violence as experienced in the community. I am particularly interested in pursuing research from both the perspective of the perpetrator and survivor of DV in order to understand the whole problem. In the majority of research into DV, investigators tend to focus on either the survivor/victim or perpetrator/batterer. By looking at the issue from only one perspective, although we may get a better understanding of the issue from that perspective I also think it might bias the researcher and provide a simplified unrealistic understanding of a much more complex problem. In order to paint a more accurate picture of DV, therefore I think it is important to gain a comprehensive understanding of DV from all those involved. Only when we gain this more accurate nuanced

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