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Research into DA is important. Findings of commissioned studies such as this shape policy & service provision. Yet they continually fail to use non-biased sampling and only capture the experience of largely female victims & survivors, selected by their caseworkers.
When 1/3 of victims of DA are men, majority of whom are heterosexual, how can this report of interviews with 62 women, 3 men in same sex relations, 2 straight men provide objective results? Selection of respondents by caseworkers, when so few exist for men, contributes to bias. 
This is not a holistic approach as is claimed. Interviews with DA services, & caseworkers, can only largely relay experience in relation to women victims. Sadly a case of £000s being spent on study which does not reflect experience of all victims. We see this time & time again.
Sadly we continue to fail to appropriately capture the experience of a large number of victims who have no access to services or support ...
