Men's violence against women is a widespread global problem and a serious threat to women's health. This symposium will report from a study in Sweden that studies mechanisms that influence the design of interventions contesting domestic violence in two cities.
The symposiums three presentations will answer the following questions:
1. Given the fact that the organizations face many different views and ideologies; how does this affect the ways the problem of domestic violence is represented?
2. In what way affects ideas from performance measurement and new public management the interventions?
3. In what way are the social services organizing towards an evidence-based practice in this field?
Presentation 1 Interpersonal violence-From policy to local practice
Presentation 2 Open Comparisons in social work
Presentation 3 Negotiating in risk assessment practices