Nicole, Renehan
(2025).
Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes and Neurodiversity, 2022.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
UK Data Service.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-857532
This data set emerged as part of an ESRC postdoctoral fellowship, which aimed to understand how domestic violence perpetrator programmes can be more responsive to the needs of autistic and/or men with Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The fellowship aimed to enrich understanding amongst organisations and policy makers about how to identify and support neurodivergent perpetrators of domestic abuse by developing neuroinclusive interventions.
The fellowship aimed to generate new knowledge by carrying out 10 interviews with international experts working with autistic/ADHD male perpetrators and paves the way towards thinking about, learning from, and developing international responses that tackle the violence of neurodivergent male perpetrators of abuse.
Data description (abstract)
This data has emerged from qualitative semi-structured interviews which obtained the experiences and perspectives of international practitioners who work with autistic men/men with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who perpetrate domestic abuse in intimate relationships. It aimed to understand how practitioners can provide safe and effective interventions for neurodivergent men and victim-survivors.
Key findings included concerns regarding the lack of knowledge about neurodivergence, screening and awareness amongst practitioners, workforce development, recruitment and retainment, and the resourcing and sustainability of neurodivergent responsive interventions. It also identified that practitioners had witnessed that neurodivergent men experience barriers to engagement within mainstream programmes developed and delivered by and for neurotypical people, and that more research is needed about the implications of this for victim-survivors and those who work with them within integrated services.
| Data creators: |
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| Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Grant reference: |
ES/W005379/1
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| Topic classification: |
Law, crime and legal systems
Society and culture
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| Keywords: |
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, REHABILITATION (OFFENDERS), MEN, MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
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| Project title: |
Domestic violence perpetrator programmes: How do they respond to neurodiversity?
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| Grant holders: |
Nicole Renehan
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| Project dates: |
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| 1 October 2021 | 30 September 2022 |
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| Date published: |
30 May 2025 10:53
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| Last modified: |
30 May 2025 10:53
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| Collection period: |
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| 3 January 2022 | 31 July 2022 |
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| Country: |
United Kingdom, Australia, United States, Netherlands |
| Data collection method: |
The current data set were drawn from eight single and two joint semi-structured interviews, totalling 12 international domestic abuse perpetrator program practitioners (five men and seven women) . Participants from five different countries provided perspectives from within their respective contexts: seven from the UK (England and Northern Ireland), three from Australia (NSW and Victoria), one from The Netherlands, and another from the United States (Colorado). All the participants were white. Eight were neurotypical (NT) and three were neurodivergent (ND) (one autistic and two ADHD). |
| Observation unit: |
Individual |
| Kind of data: |
Text |
| Type of data: |
Qualitative and mixed methods data |
| Resource language: |
English |
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| Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
All interviews were conducted and recorded on Microsoft Teams or Zoom. All were transcribed by a professional transcription service and were anonymised at the point of transcription.
Consent to re-share the interviews were obtained from all but one participant.
The reported project findings were shared, commented on and edited by project participants and therefore there may be some minor differences from the data and final publications.
The data set have been further anonymised to protect participant anonymity prior to uploading the final data set.
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| Notes on access: |
The Data Collection is available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access.
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| Publisher: |
UK Data Service
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| Last modified: |
30 May 2025 10:53
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