Evaluation of the Efficacy of Protective Service for Victims of Domestic Violence
Date Issued
2012
Date
2012
Author(s)
Lian, Tz-Ting
Abstract
This study evaluates the efficacy of the protective services program for victims of domestic violence by their intimate partner. The research design is mixed methods, combined with quantitative and qualitative data. The analysis includes: (1) 2 social workers participating in the focus group; (2) conducting in-depth interviews with 7 victims of domestic violence; (3) one-group pretest-posttest design completed by 10 victims of domestic violence.
The focus group and in-depth interviews with clients revealed that clients improved in regard to their self-defense ability, body-mind condition, frequency of domestic violence, domestic violence offenders'' behaviors, abusive relationship, domestic violence myths, future life direction, couples'' interaction pattern and social support system with the aid of the protective service program. One-group pretest-posttest design also indicated that the clients exhibited positive and significant improvement concerning their domestic violence myths, frequency of domestic violence and self-defense strategy. Most of the participants were satisfied with social worker services, and some suggested that the government should provide offender treatment programs. Finally, suggestions, limitations, contributions and directions for future research are discussed.
Subjects
domestic violence
victims of domestic violence
program evaluation
outcome evaluation
protective service
Type
thesis
File(s)![Thumbnail Image]()
Loading...
Name
ntu-101-R98330012-1.pdf
Size
23.54 KB
Format
Adobe PDF
Checksum
(MD5):ab014eee8b4f1ba0768de15dba74c81a