The Gaze of Survivors: Female Victim's Perceptions of Police Responses to Reported Domestic Violence at Harare Central Police Station, Harare
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 10
Abstract
This study sought to explore the perceptions of female victims of police responses to reported domestic violence at Harare Central Police Station, Harare. An interpretivist paradigm was used and a qualitative approach was utilized in the study. An interpretive phenomenological design was used to conduct the study with five female victims of domestic violence who reported their cases at Harare Central Police Station, Harare. The victims were selected using Purposive Sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis was used to analyze the data. It emerged from the data that middle aged, married and unemployed women made reports of domestic violence to the Police. It also emerged that the most frequently reported domestic violence cases are physical abuse and economic abuse. The most preferred response to domestic violence by the Police is arrest. However, in some instances the Police took their time to effect the arrests. Most of the female victims were not satisfied with the manner in which the Police responded to their reports. The study revealed that female victims expect the Police to apply the law in the shortest possible time once they make reports and for them to be more sensitive and helpful.
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Mutema Francis1
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