Post on 28-Dec-2015
After the Interviews
After the Interviews
How do you know when you’re done interviewing?
SATURATION POINT
Saturation Point
• Look to monitoring goals and questions to be answered – no major gaps
• Hear similar information repeated• Patterns begin to emerge from
interviews• Influx of new information slows down
or stops• Interviewees refer you to people you
have already interviewed
Drawing Conclusions
Drawing Conclusions
Make a list of all possible themes relevant to the mandate:• Systems responders• Victims’ stories• Problems with the law itself• Problems with the implementation• Causes of those problems• Effects of those problems
Drawing Conclusions
Data immersion
• Read and re-read the findings and information
• Look for patterns and extremes
TipTip: : Each time you read through, mix up the order to avoid bias
Drawing Conclusions
Code the information
1. Sort the information into categories
2. Create individually coded master documents:– One for police, one for judges, one for prosecutors,
and so on…
Tip: Using the “search” function in your word processor can help save time—but don’t rely on it! People may use different words to describe the same thing, like “police” or “law enforcement.”
Drawing Conclusions
• Look for relationships and patterns among within each category and across categories.
• Visual displays: diagrams, graphs, flow charts, matrices can be a useful tool to understand what is happening
Drawing Conclusions
FINDING: Prosecutors do not charge batterer with a crime when they violate OFP
DV law: police arrest batterer and tell prosecutors
Criminal Code: Obstructing a court judgment is a crime
FINDING: Prosecutors unsure if OFP is a “judgment”
DV law is silent on what prosecutors should do next
Your conclusion: The law needs to explicitly make violation of OFP a crime to promote accountability for perpetrators. Criminal Code and LPADV need amendments to clarify: 1) whether it’s a judgment and 2) what prosecutors should do after an arrest
Drawing Conclusions
Verify and check reliability
• Length of monitoring• Peer reviews• Audit trail• Cross-check conclusions across
interviews and against other sources and reports
Developing the Outline
Possible sections:• Foreword or preface• Authors and
acknowledgments• Executive summary• Methodology• Introduction• Findings• Analysis of findings• Recommendations
Developing the Outline
Appendices
• Laws, policies and guidelines
• Template forms, e.g. sample orders for protection for judges
• Quantitative data
• List of references or additional sources
Developing the Outline
Structuring the Report: By Actor • Police• Judges• Prosecutors• Child Protection• Social Services• Health Care Provides• NGOs• Media
Developing the OutlineStructuring the Report: By issue
• Administrative court issues• Timeframe for submission of application• Evidentiary issues• Timeframe for issuing an OFP• Basis of court-issued OFPs• Measures of relief• Courtroom safety issues• Appeals of OFPs• Other complicating factors
Writing the Report
Tips• Audience• Report tone and style• Using stories• Understand possible consequences• Citations to sources• Revise and rewrite• International human rights framework
Drafting Recommendations
• Questions to ask yourself:– What do you want to see happen
instead of what is occurring?– What changes need to happen to make
those outcomes reality? – Would that measure fix the problem and
realize the human right?– Whose involvement is needed to make
those changes happen?
Drafting Recommendations
• Amendments to the law
• Trainings
• Funding
• More victim services
• Creation of special units, systems or protocols
• Outreach and education
• Consultation with NGOs
Write the Report
• Pull together your findings into your outline
• State your conclusions• Use your stories and quotes effectively• Cite your sources• Make your recommendations
A finished report!You’re ready to do advocacy!