Risky decision making: multi-agency working with victims experiencing high risk domestic abuse

风险决策：多机构与经历高风险家庭虐待的受害者合作

• 批准号: 2434516
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Edinburgh
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2434516
• 关键词: Risky; decision; making; multi; agency

This studentship seeks to explore how the issue of risk is understood and used to inform the practice of professionals seeking to safeguard and support victims of serious domestic abuse within a multi-agency working context. In doing so the study will help to improve multi-agency working, thereby strengthening safeguards in addressing domestic homicide in Scotland and other jurisdictions. Research Question The focus of this doctoral study will be on how risk is conceptualised within the MARAC process in Scotland, and the implications of this for the practice of assessing and managing this risk. The aim is to strengthen our understanding of how practitioners and their employing agencies might better ensure that adult and child victims of serious domestic abuse are most effectively supported and protected, especially individuals at risk of lethal violence. While the student will have flexibility in determining the specific research questions that the study will address, sample questions could include: what are the factors influencing the threshold for a MARAC being held on an individual following referral? whether some groups of victims are less likely to have a MARAC held due to assumptions about who is at greatest risk, and from whom, due to gender, sexual orientation or race? how should children and their needs be considered within the MARAC? whether there is a consistent link between how risk is assessed by professionals, and the safety plans which are derived? whether the MARAC discussion and outcome is influenced by the particular individuals in attendance at any given meeting? Research Design This study, using a mixed methods design and drawing upon discursive psychology (Wiggins and Potter, 2015), will seek to explore how those involved in MARAC meetings assess the referrals made to the conference, contribute information and assess the information shared by participating agencies about the adult and child victims and perpetrator at the conference, and develop safety plans for the victim(s).

该奖学金旨在探讨如何理解风险问题，并用于告知寻求在多机构工作环境中保护和支持严重家庭虐待受害者的专业人员的做法。在这样做的过程中，这项研究将有助于改善多机构工作，从而加强苏格兰和其他司法管辖区处理家庭凶杀案的保障措施。研究问题-本博士研究的重点将是如何在苏格兰的MARAC过程中的风险概念化，以及这对评估和管理这种风险的做法的影响。其目的是加强我们对从业人员及其雇用机构如何更好地确保严重家庭虐待的成人和儿童受害者得到最有效的支持和保护的理解，特别是面临致命暴力风险的个人。虽然学生将有灵活性，在确定具体的研究问题，研究将解决，样本问题可以包括：什么是影响的门槛MARAC被关押在个人以下转介的因素？某些受害者群体是否由于性别、性取向或种族而不太可能举行MARAC？在MARAC中应如何考虑儿童及其需求？专业人士评估风险的方法与所制订的安全计划之间是否有一贯的联系？MARAC的讨论和结果是否受到出席任何特定会议的特定人员的影响？研究设计这项研究，使用混合方法设计并借鉴话语心理学（Wiggins和Potter，2015），将寻求探索参与MARAC会议的人员如何评估向会议提交的转介，提供信息并评估参与机构在会议上分享的有关成人和儿童受害者和犯罪者的信息，并为受害者制定安全计划。