Joanne L Hulley

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Research Associate at University of Central Lancashire

Trans Without Abuse: Gender-Based Violence in the Trans Community Trans and non-binary people’s experiences of gender-based violence continues to be overlooked across policy, research, commissioning, and services. The following research - commissioned by domestic violence charity, My CWA (formerly Cheshire Without Abuse) – aims to address this gap...

Research on barriers that exist for male victims/survivors of sexual abuse in relation to disclosing their experiences is limited. This article shares qualitative data in relation to disclosure and help-seeking barriers encountered by male victims/survivors of female-perpetrated sexual abuse. Findings from semi-structured interviews conducted with...

Coercive control has been shown to be far more damaging for victims psychologically than physical violence. Linked to this, domestic violence perpetrators are increasingly turning to the online world to enact control and abuse. Women are most likely to be killed once they have separated from their abusers, and perpetrators harness the online realm...

Although the term ‘gender-based violence’ (GBV) is often used synonymously with the phrase ‘violence against women and girls’ (VAWG), in actuality the term describes either violence that is enacted against a person because their gender or violence that affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately. In questioning the gender assigned to...

Intimate partner violence causes significant, long-lasting harm to almost one-third (27%) of the world’s population of women. Even when women leave abusive relationships, some men continue to exercise control over their ex-partners through psychological control, threats, violence, stalking, and other forms of harassment. In this qualitative study,...

Existing research explores ethical and methodological considerations associated with interviewing men, including male survivors of domestic abuse, and interviewing female survivors of domestic and sexual abuse. However, there is no comparable body of research that specifically considers interviewing male survivors of sexual violence and abuse. Refl...

It is well known that victims of intimate partner violence experience numerous barriers to leaving abusive relationships. For ethnic minority and immigrant women these barriers are significantly exacerbated. This metasynthesis explored barriers to help-seeking as experienced by Black, Asian, minority ethnic and immigrant women with experience of in...

There is a growing body of research exploring the issue of male sexual victimisation, both in the UK and internationally. This scholarship has explored men’s experiences of different forms of victimisation, perpetrated by both male and female offenders. Research has also looked at the impacts of sexual violence and abuse on male survivors, police r...

This chapter focuses on empirical research exploring desistance from sexual offending in a sample of 15 men, convicted of at least 1 sexual offence involving a child. The men had served prison sentences of varying lengths and had since been residing in the community for periods ranging from 1 to 15 years. Risk management practices adopted by superv...

This article explores the role of neutralizations in desistance from sexual offending. The project involved interviews with 15 men convicted of a sexual offence against a child and living in the community for between 1 and 15 years following a period of incarceration. The majority had undertaken sex offender treatment and highlighted its utility. P...