Study title

The research project was designed to enable analysis of data relating to a range of experiences of GBV and the positioning of individuals as victim/survivor in relation to various forms of inequality (thereby enabling exploration of issues relating to intersectionality). It also enables us to look at implications of recent changes in the formal and informal justice systems and policy and contexts of austerity. To address the research questions the project was conducted in stages: 1) an extensive review of the relevant literature and mapping of different perspectives on the social function of justice; 2) updating and augmenting existing, mainly quantitative, police data on individual victim/survivor pathways through the criminal justice system and third sector victim/survivor data; 3) collecting additional in-depth information about different victim/survivor and practitioner group perspectives and experiences of GBV and justice focusing in particular on victims/survivors (on the basis of type of experience of GBV and inequality) whose experiences are often ignored; and 4) bringing that evidence together through further analysis and a meta-synthesis in order to understand more fully what a victim focused justice agenda would look like across different groups of victim/survivors. This dataset contains the qualitative, in-depth interview data (verbatim transcripts) collected as part of stage 3 of the project relating to the experiences of 152 victim/survivors of GBV on their perspectives on what ‘justice’ means to them.The proposed research will address the knowledge gap that exists regarding justice, inequality and gender based violence (GBV). The aim is to address how 'justice' (in its wider sense) is understood, sought, and experienced by victims/survivors of GBV and key practitioners. The proposal is original in including the diverse forms of GBV (sexual and domestic violence, forced marriage and so-called honour based violence) and by applying a mixed methods...