1. Included or Excluded? Narratives of the Social Networks’ Responses to Women Exposed to Violence in Closed Relationships Margareta Hydén Linköping University

2. Response-based Approaches to the Study of Interpersonal Violence: New Answers to Old Questions

3. Interpersonal Violence Violence towards women in close relationships Child abuse Child sexual abuse Bullying Gang violence

4. Violence towards women in close relationships Research concerning: Incidence Prevalence Cause Effect

5. Questions Why doesn’t she leave?

6. Questions Why doesn’t she leave? Why is he violent?

7. Questions Why doesn’t she leave? Why is he violent? What can we do about it?

8. Missing Theoretical frame that takes responses to IPV into account

9. Responses to Interpersonal Violence Interpersonal Violence is embedded in social responses: ”I hit her because I couldn’t stand her nagging” Responded to socially by her social network, by the state etc. Responses are contextually based

10. Narrative analysis of responses to men’s violence towards women in close relationships The study of battered women’s social network’s responses 45 women interviewed about their social networks responses, using “the plate model” as a starting point for a narrative interview

11. Narrative studies of responses to violence: New answers to old questions Why doesn’t she leave? Why is he violent? What can we do about it?

12. Response-based approaches to the study of interpersonal violence international research network www.liu.se/riv margareta.hyden@liu.se