Grounded Theory Approach and the Process of Men Taking Responsibility in Domestic Violence Interventions

Background

Even though the literature on domestic violence perpetrator interventions often discusses the effectiveness of strategies for achieving behavioral change that challenge men to take responsibility, there is inconsistency around describing the aspects and dimensions of this process. This inconsistency might be to do with the obstacles around examining several conditions and characteristics interconnected with the behavioral change process. A number of scholars have used quantitative and mixed methods to investigate this process by focusing on the effectiveness of domestic violence perpetrator program (Cannon et al., 2016; Kelly & Westmarland, 2015; Lilley-Walker et al., 2016; Walker et al., 2010). However, they do not generate a new theory. The grounded theory approach is recommended for examining this complicated process in interventions.