The Study of Domestic Violence Batterers with the Drinking Experience in the Construction Industry

[[abstract]]「酒精」存在於許多家庭暴力事件當中，不論從研究者的實務經驗，或是國內外許多酒精與暴力關係的研究，皆可看到酒精在家庭暴力當中扮演了重要且複雜的角色。本研究旨在瞭解從事營造工作之家庭暴力相對人的飲酒經驗，了解飲酒的社會文化脈絡，以及個人對飲酒行為的意義詮釋，且當飲酒出現危害家庭的暴力行為時，相對人又如何敘說酒精在家庭暴力當中扮演的角色。 為了探尋家庭暴力相對人個人飲酒行為與工作場所之脈絡，以及酒精與危害行為間的主觀經驗，本研究以質性為基礎，採用敘事研究方法，共邀請六位受訪者分享在工地當中的飲酒次文化，以及與酒精相關聯的家庭暴力事件。為了讓六位受訪者的圖像現行，皆以「營造業與酒」、「談喝酒的自己」以及「談喝酒與家庭暴力」等主題呈現受訪者與酒精的生命故事。 本研究發現與討論共分為四節，第一節呈現台灣營造工地飲用含酒精提神飲料下所形成特殊的飲酒次文化，包含工作性質、特定酒精飲料的象徵意義，以及酒精在男性互動中扮演的認同與社交功能；第二節家庭暴力相對人對酒精的主體經驗，探討飲酒行為的樣貌（飲用情境、傷害程度等），以及在不同飲酒行為背後，卻有同樣對人生之苦「暫時」解脫的需求；第三節則是回到家庭暴力事件中，探討酒精在家庭暴力行為所扮演的角色；第四節聚焦在家庭暴力相對人本身，了解在暴力衝突事件之後，內心需求與改變的開始。 本研究建議有兩大部分，第一為改善工地飲酒現象，從政策面與實務面中去制定含酒精提神飲料商品的管制政策，以及建立友善無酒精的職場環境，從工人的心理健康到生活層面及勞動條件等；第二提供與酒精相關的家庭暴力之服務建議，除了從酒精使用型態去協助相對人的飲酒行為以外，更重要的是關注相對人本身，回到其身處的社會文化脈絡之中，看見目前所面臨的壓力、引發暴力衝突的婚姻或家庭問題以及身心狀況。最後，期待透過本研究，看見家庭暴力相對人的處境及被服務的需要，並在現有的家庭暴力防治政策中，有更彈性且多元的可能性與對話空間。[[abstract]]Alcohol takes part in many domestic violence cases. According to the practical experience of the researcher and numerous national and international studies on the relationship between alcohol and violence, it plays a significant and complex role in domestic violence. This study aimed to grasp the drinking experience of domestic violence batterers who worked in the construction industry, the social and cultural context of drinking, and the personal interpretation of the meaning of drinking. It also examined the batterers’ narration of the role alcohol played in domestic violence when drinking had led to violent actions that endangered the family. In order to investigate the context of personal drinking behavior and workplace of domestic violence batterers as well as the objective experiences of alcohol and violent actions, the study, based on qualitative research, adopted narrative research and invited six interviewees to share the subculture of drinking at construction sites and domestic violence cases related to alcohol. To present the images of the interviewees, their life stories with alcohol were shown in themes, such as “the construction industry and alcohol,”“on the drinking self,” and “on drinking and domestic violence.” The findings and discussions of the study were divided into four chapters. First Chapter presented the special subculture of drinking produced by alcoholic energy drinks at construction sites in Taiwan, including the nature of work, the symbolic meanings of certain alcoholic drinks, and the function of recognition and sociality alcohol performed in male-male interaction. The second chapter used the objective experience of domestic violence batterers to investigate the drinking behavior (e.g. drinking scenarios, levels of harm, etc.) and the need for a “temporary”relief from the suffering of life behind different drinking behaviors. Chapter Three returned to domestic violence cases and probed into the role alcohol played in domestic violence actions. Chapter Four focused on domestic violence batterers, making sense of their internal needs and the start of change after violence cases. The study offered two main suggestions. First, in order to ameliorate the situation of drinking at construction sites, it was necessary to formulate control policies on alcoholic energy drinks on both policy and practical sides. A friendly, non-alcohol working environment was to be built to take care of the mental health, life, and working conditions of workers. Second, service suggestions about alcohol-related domestic violence should be offered. Besides assisting batterers’ drinking behavior from the types of alcohol use, concentrating on batterers themselves was more important. They needed to return to the social and cultural context where they were, notice the pressure they were facing, and encounter their marriage or family problems triggering domestic violence and their physical and mental conditions. Finally, it was hoped that the situation and the need for service of domestic violence batterers could be seen through this study, and a more flexible and diverse possibility and room for dialogue could be made in the current policy of prevention and control of domestic violence.[[note]]碩