Family and Domestic Violence Discretion and Decision-Making Through the Perspectives of Social Workers and Victim-Survivors.

IF 2.4 3区社会学 Q1 WOMENS STUDIES

Violence Against Women Pub Date : 2026-09-16 DOI:10.1177/10778012261488880

Sophie Bishop, David Hodgson

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Abstract

Social workers (SWs) employed in family and domestic violence (FDV) roles use their discretion and make decisions that impact victim-survivor (VS) outcomes and well-being. However, when working alongside VSs, discretion and decision-making remain unexplored in existing literature. This study examined social work discretion and decision-making in FDV contexts and its impacts on VSs. Interpretative phenomenological analysis underpinned eight semistructured interviews with SWs and VSs to explore experiences of discretion and decision-making within FDV contexts. The findings suggest a lack of discretion steers SWs down a standardized path of risk-averse practice, which works against VS needs.

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社会工作者与受害者-幸存者视角下的家庭暴力裁量与决策。

从事家庭暴力（FDV）工作的社会工作者（SWs）使用他们的自由裁量权并做出影响受害者-幸存者（VS）结果和福祉的决定。然而，当与VSs一起工作时，自由裁量权和决策在现有文献中仍未被探索。本研究探讨家庭家庭家庭背景下的社会工作裁量权与决策，以及其对家庭家庭成员的影响。解释性现象学分析支持了对社会福利工作者和社会福利工作者的八次半结构化访谈，以探索自由裁量权和决策在家庭暴力背景下的经验。研究结果表明，缺乏自由裁量权使sw走上了规避风险的标准化道路，这与VS的需求背道而驰。

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Violence Against Women WOMENS STUDIES-

CiteScore

4.10

自引率

4.50%

发文量

142

期刊介绍： Violence against Women is an international, interdisciplinary journal dedicated to the publication of research and information on all aspects of the problem of violence against women. The journal assumes a broad definition of violence; topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, domestic violence, sexual assault, incest, sexual harassment, female infantcide, female circumcision, and female sexual slavery.