James Rowlands
Biographic Data
| ID | 246893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Rowlands |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Rowlands |
| SIGNATURE | ROWLANDS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sussex |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8361-7505 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Commentary on the (In)Visibility of LGBTQ+ Victims in Domestic Violence Fatality Reviews
Purpose This paper is a commentary on the (in)visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ+) victims in Domestic Violence Fatality Reviews (DVFRs). Methods Drawing on a practitioner–researcher perspective and a case study of Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) in England and Wales, this paper’s originality stems from the author’s practitioner–researcher perspective. Results LGBTQ+ lives can be made (in)visible as a result of how in-s…
A Commentary on Developing Guidance for Researching Domestic Abuse in LGBTQ+ Communities
Purpose This paper is a commentary that describes the development and content of guidance for researching Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ+) domestic abuse. The purpose of the guidance is to improve researchers’ understanding of, and encourage their reflection on, the context and pressures within which specialist LGBTQ+ domestic abuse services are operating. Methods The guidance was developed in response to and in conversation with …
Forgiving and Not Forgiving as Processes of Sense-Making Among Victims/Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Abuse
Most research into forgiveness in the contexts of domestic and sexual abuse involves quantitative studies of the benefits or risks of forgiveness for victims/survivors. This paradigm constructs forgiveness as an achieved event, largely overlooking victims/survivors' forgiveness experiences. Furthermore, existing research scarcely addresses not forgiving among victims/survivors. This article shows both forgiving and not forgiving are utilized in p…
The Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths
Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuserelated deaths, this book examines what DARDRs – first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) – are understood as being for, what is used by and in DARDRs, and how DARDRs are themselves used. Drawing on rich empirical data, this text combines information gathered from published DARDRs as well as from…
Exploring the Intersection of Cancer, Domestic Homicide, and Domestic Abuse-Related Suicides Using Domestic Homicide Reviews
Purpose Research about the overlap between cancer and domestic abuse (DA) is limited. We analyzed Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) reports from England and Wales where the victim or perpetrator had a cancer diagnosis to investigate the nature of DA in a cancer context, and cancer care and other healthcare professionals’ (HCPs) responses to DA. Methods We adopted the READ approach to document analysis: Readying materials (including manually searchin…
Multiples Ethical Dialogues in Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths and Perpetrator Studies: Attending to Complexity
Ethical considerations in qualitative research have increasingly been framed as an ongoing and reflective process, challenging the traditional view of ethics as a rigid set of prescriptive regulations. Nonetheless, challenges in ethical thinking and interactions with formal mechanisms are often still viewed as bureaucratic hurdles. Drawing on our research experience in both the Global North and South, we examine how ethical challenges arise throu…
Naming practices in domestic homicide reviews in England and Wales
In England and Wales, domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) seek to build a picture of the circumstances preceding a domestic abuse-related death, identify any learning and make recommendations for change. Drawing on data from document analysis of 60 DHR reports, this article explores how a victim’s real name is routinely taken out of use when a DHR report is published and, to disguise their identity, is usually replaced with a pseudonym or some other…
The Challenges and Opportunities of Reviewing Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths by Suicide in England and Wales
Purpose In England and Wales, Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) are conducted into domestic abuse-related killings. In 2016, deaths by suicide were brought into the scope of this review system and, to distinguish them from reviews into domestic homicides, we describe these as ‘Suicide Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews’ (S-DARDR). To date, S-DARDRs have been little considered and, in response, this empirical paper seeks to unpack this process. M…
Parallels in Practice: Applying Principles of Research Integrity and Ethics in Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR)
Purpose Within the context of the big data society, new systems of data collection on domestic violence and abuse (DVA) have emerged. One such system is Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR) which captures the various dimensions of gender, violence, and abuse required to form an evidence base for prevention. However, to date, there has been limited dialogue between practitioners and researchers about the ‘doing’ of DVFRs. Method As DVFR system…
Inside the black box: Domestic homicide reviews as a source of data
Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) are a statutory review process to better understand domestic homicide in England and Wales. As a policy intervention, DHRs are intended to build a picture of the circumstances before such deaths and identify gaps in practice, policy and system response. The rationale is that this learning can improve response to domestic violence and abuse and reduce the likelihood of future homicides. However, little is known abo…
Interviewee Transcript Review as a Tool to Improve Data Quality and Participant Confidence in Sensitive Research
Interviewee Transcript Review (ITR), a form of Respondent Validation, is a way to share and check interview transcripts with research participants. To date, the literature has considered how these practices affect data quality, focused on the ability of a participant to correct, add or remove data. Less considered is the extent to which ITR might enable sensitive research. Reporting on research examining the experiences and perspectives of differ…
Constructing Fatality Review: A Policy Analysis of the Emergence of Domestic Homicide Reviews in England and Wales
In England and Wales, Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) examine domestic abuse-related deaths to identify lessons to be learned. However, their emergence as a policy initiative has been little considered. To address this gap, a thematic discourse analysis of policy documents to 2011 was undertaken, examining the justification for, and conceptualization of, DHRs before their implementation. It is argued that DHRs were constructed as a taken-for-gra…
Navigating Family Involvement in Domestic Violence Fatality Review: Conceptualising Prospects for Systems and Relational Repair
Purpose Family involvement is a key element of Domestic Homicide Review (DHR), the form of Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR) found in England and Wales. Family involvement is framed as having dual purposes: first, as a benefit to DHRs, enabling a fuller picture of victims’ experiences; second, as a benefit to families themselves, notably as a therapeutic or cathartic opportunity. However, these dual purposes have been little considered. Th…
Intersectionality and Invisible Victims: Reflections on Data Challenges and Vicarious Trauma in Femicide, Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Research
Intersectionality and Invisible Victims: Reflections on Data Challenges and Vicarious Trauma in Femicide, Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Research
Navigating Family Involvement in Domestic Violence Fatality Review: Conceptualising Prospects for Systems and Relational Repair
Purpose Family involvement is a key element of Domestic Homicide Review (DHR), the form of Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR) found in England and Wales. Family involvement is framed as having dual purposes: first, as a benefit to DHRs, enabling a fuller picture of victims’ experiences; second, as a benefit to families themselves, notably as a therapeutic or cathartic opportunity. However, these dual purposes have been little considered. Th…
Parallels in Practice: Applying Principles of Research Integrity and Ethics in Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR)
Purpose Within the context of the big data society, new systems of data collection on domestic violence and abuse (DVA) have emerged. One such system is Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR) which captures the various dimensions of gender, violence, and abuse required to form an evidence base for prevention. However, to date, there has been limited dialogue between practitioners and researchers about the ‘doing’ of DVFRs. Method As DVFR system…
Multiples Ethical Dialogues in Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths and Perpetrator Studies: Attending to Complexity
Ethical considerations in qualitative research have increasingly been framed as an ongoing and reflective process, challenging the traditional view of ethics as a rigid set of prescriptive regulations. Nonetheless, challenges in ethical thinking and interactions with formal mechanisms are often still viewed as bureaucratic hurdles. Drawing on our research experience in both the Global North and South, we examine how ethical challenges arise throu…
Naming practices in domestic homicide reviews in England and Wales
In England and Wales, domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) seek to build a picture of the circumstances preceding a domestic abuse-related death, identify any learning and make recommendations for change. Drawing on data from document analysis of 60 DHR reports, this article explores how a victim’s real name is routinely taken out of use when a DHR report is published and, to disguise their identity, is usually replaced with a pseudonym or some other…
Interviewee Transcript Review as a Tool to Improve Data Quality and Participant Confidence in Sensitive Research
Interviewee Transcript Review (ITR), a form of Respondent Validation, is a way to share and check interview transcripts with research participants. To date, the literature has considered how these practices affect data quality, focused on the ability of a participant to correct, add or remove data. Less considered is the extent to which ITR might enable sensitive research. Reporting on research examining the experiences and perspectives of differ…
Constructing Fatality Review: A Policy Analysis of the Emergence of Domestic Homicide Reviews in England and Wales
In England and Wales, Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) examine domestic abuse-related deaths to identify lessons to be learned. However, their emergence as a policy initiative has been little considered. To address this gap, a thematic discourse analysis of policy documents to 2011 was undertaken, examining the justification for, and conceptualization of, DHRs before their implementation. It is argued that DHRs were constructed as a taken-for-gra…
Navigating Family Involvement in Domestic Violence Fatality Review: Conceptualising Prospects for Systems and Relational Repair
Purpose Family involvement is a key element of Domestic Homicide Review (DHR), the form of Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR) found in England and Wales. Family involvement is framed as having dual purposes: first, as a benefit to DHRs, enabling a fuller picture of victims’ experiences; second, as a benefit to families themselves, notably as a therapeutic or cathartic opportunity. However, these dual purposes have been little considered. Th…
Intersectionality and Invisible Victims: Reflections on Data Challenges and Vicarious Trauma in Femicide, Family and Intimate Partner Homicide Research
Inside the black box: Domestic homicide reviews as a source of data
Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) are a statutory review process to better understand domestic homicide in England and Wales. As a policy intervention, DHRs are intended to build a picture of the circumstances before such deaths and identify gaps in practice, policy and system response. The rationale is that this learning can improve response to domestic violence and abuse and reduce the likelihood of future homicides. However, little is known abo…
Naming practices in domestic homicide reviews in England and Wales
In England and Wales, domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) seek to build a picture of the circumstances preceding a domestic abuse-related death, identify any learning and make recommendations for change. Drawing on data from document analysis of 60 DHR reports, this article explores how a victim’s real name is routinely taken out of use when a DHR report is published and, to disguise their identity, is usually replaced with a pseudonym or some other…
The Challenges and Opportunities of Reviewing Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths by Suicide in England and Wales
Purpose In England and Wales, Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) are conducted into domestic abuse-related killings. In 2016, deaths by suicide were brought into the scope of this review system and, to distinguish them from reviews into domestic homicides, we describe these as ‘Suicide Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews’ (S-DARDR). To date, S-DARDRs have been little considered and, in response, this empirical paper seeks to unpack this process. M…
Parallels in Practice: Applying Principles of Research Integrity and Ethics in Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR)
Purpose Within the context of the big data society, new systems of data collection on domestic violence and abuse (DVA) have emerged. One such system is Domestic Violence Fatality Review (DVFR) which captures the various dimensions of gender, violence, and abuse required to form an evidence base for prevention. However, to date, there has been limited dialogue between practitioners and researchers about the ‘doing’ of DVFRs. Method As DVFR system…
The Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths
Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuserelated deaths, this book examines what DARDRs – first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) – are understood as being for, what is used by and in DARDRs, and how DARDRs are themselves used. Drawing on rich empirical data, this text combines information gathered from published DARDRs as well as from…
Exploring the Intersection of Cancer, Domestic Homicide, and Domestic Abuse-Related Suicides Using Domestic Homicide Reviews
Purpose Research about the overlap between cancer and domestic abuse (DA) is limited. We analyzed Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) reports from England and Wales where the victim or perpetrator had a cancer diagnosis to investigate the nature of DA in a cancer context, and cancer care and other healthcare professionals’ (HCPs) responses to DA. Methods We adopted the READ approach to document analysis: Readying materials (including manually searchin…
Multiples Ethical Dialogues in Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths and Perpetrator Studies: Attending to Complexity
Ethical considerations in qualitative research have increasingly been framed as an ongoing and reflective process, challenging the traditional view of ethics as a rigid set of prescriptive regulations. Nonetheless, challenges in ethical thinking and interactions with formal mechanisms are often still viewed as bureaucratic hurdles. Drawing on our research experience in both the Global North and South, we examine how ethical challenges arise throu…
Commentary on the (In)Visibility of LGBTQ+ Victims in Domestic Violence Fatality Reviews
Purpose This paper is a commentary on the (in)visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ+) victims in Domestic Violence Fatality Reviews (DVFRs). Methods Drawing on a practitioner–researcher perspective and a case study of Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) in England and Wales, this paper’s originality stems from the author’s practitioner–researcher perspective. Results LGBTQ+ lives can be made (in)visible as a result of how in-s…
A Commentary on Developing Guidance for Researching Domestic Abuse in LGBTQ+ Communities
Purpose This paper is a commentary that describes the development and content of guidance for researching Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ+) domestic abuse. The purpose of the guidance is to improve researchers’ understanding of, and encourage their reflection on, the context and pressures within which specialist LGBTQ+ domestic abuse services are operating. Methods The guidance was developed in response to and in conversation with …
Forgiving and Not Forgiving as Processes of Sense-Making Among Victims/Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Abuse
Most research into forgiveness in the contexts of domestic and sexual abuse involves quantitative studies of the benefits or risks of forgiveness for victims/survivors. This paradigm constructs forgiveness as an achieved event, largely overlooking victims/survivors' forgiveness experiences. Furthermore, existing research scarcely addresses not forgiving among victims/survivors. This article shows both forgiving and not forgiving are utilized in p…
Intimate Partner and Family Violence (13 works) · Poison control (11 works) · Domestic violence (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Criminology (9 works) · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (9 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (7 works) · Medical emergency (7 works) · Political science (7 works)