1+3 Studentship: Responding to risk in an ageing population in the U.K.: A study of male perpetrators of IPV across the life span.

这项研究旨在通过探索生活过程账户(Band-Wintertein 2015；2012；Winterstein&Eisikovitz 2005；Bergson等人)，帮助缩小关于老年男子是家庭暴力实施者的研究差距。在生态学理论框架内(Bronfenbrenner，1986)，对60岁以上的男性IPV肇事者进行调查。这一过程将通过比较早年和晚年的经历和事件，形成关于生命过程中IPV风险增加和减少的因素的知识体系。从而通过考虑每个生态领域(例如个人、家庭、社区和社会背景)的变化以及每个参与者在一段时间内的风险，将老年群体的具体需求与工作年龄的需求相比较。这一方法将为管理风险的战略提供信息，并改进针对60岁以上老年人的犯罪需求(Andrews&Bonita，2006年；Andrews，Bonta&Wormith，2006年)。在刑事司法系统和成人社会服务部门工作的专业人员也将在焦点小组中接受采访，以检查目前的规定并强调需要改进的领域。从实施者和专业人员的角度出发，将探讨以下研究问题：与老年男性犯罪者群体的风险相关的具体需求是什么？在生命过程中发生了什么变化，以及为什么(例如，塞夫等人建议的虐待模式从生理模式到心理模式的变化。随着时间的推移，引发犯罪的需求会以何种方式发生变化？英国目前的社区反应如何？如何改进？

The research aims to contribute to closing a research gap regarding older men as domestic violence perpetrators, through exploring life-course accounts (Band-Wintertein 2015; 2012; Winterstein & Eisikovitz 2005; Bergson et al. 2005) of male perpetrators of IPV over the age of 60 years within an ecological theoretical framework (Bronfenbrenner 1986). This process will create a body of knowledge on factors increasing and decreasing risk of IPV over the life-course by comparing earlier experiences and events with those in later life. Thereby delineating the needs specific to the older group as compared with those of working age through considering change in each ecological area (e.g. individual, family, community and societal contexts) and in risk over time for each participant. This approach will inform strategies for managing risk and improve the targeting of criminogenic needs (Andrews & Bonita 2006; Andrews, Bonta & Wormith 2006) for those aged over 60 years. Professionals working within the Criminal Justice System and Adult Social Services will also be interviewed within focus groups to examine current provision and highlight areas for improvement.From the perspective of perpetrators and professionals the following research questions will beexplored:What are the specific needs related to risk of the late-life male perpetrator population?What changes over the life-course and why (for example change in pattern of abuse fromphysical to psychological patterns suggested by Seff et al. 2008)?How and in what ways do criminogenic needs change over time?What is the current community response in the UK and how can it be improved?