After the Interviews

1. After the Interviews

2. After the Interviews How do you know when you’re done interviewing? SATURATION POINT

3. 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

4. Drawing Conclusions

5. 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

6. Drawing Conclusions Data immersion • Read and re-read the findings and information • Look for patterns and extremes Tip: Each time you read through, mix up the order to avoid bias

7. Drawing Conclusions Code the information • Sort the information into categories • 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.”

8. 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

9. Drawing Conclusions 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 FINDING: Prosecutors do not charge batterer with a crime when they violate OFP 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

10. Drawing Conclusions Verify and check reliability • Length of monitoring • Peer reviews • Audit trail • Cross-check conclusions across interviews and against other sources and reports

11. Developing the Outline Possible sections: • Foreword or preface • Authors and acknowledgments • Executive summary • Methodology • Introduction • Findings • Analysis of findings • Recommendations

12. 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

13. Developing the Outline Structuring the Report: By Actor • Police • Judges • Prosecutors • Child Protection • Social Services • Health Care Provides • NGOs • Media

14. Developing the Outline Structuring 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

15. Writing the Report Tips • Audience • Report tone and style • Using stories • Understand possible consequences • Citations to sources • Revise and rewrite • International human rights framework

16. 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?

17. Drafting Recommendations • Amendments to the law • Trainings • Funding • More victim services • Creation of special units, systems or protocols • Outreach and education • Consultation with NGOs

18. 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

19. A finished report!You’re ready to do advocacy!