The primary objective of this research was to understand what role women thought alcohol played in their partners violence to them. It aimed to: 1) question whether women blamed alcohol for their partners violence, 2) establish whether the women made allowances for their partners violence because of their partners drinking, 3) determine the extent to which the women believed alcohol played a key role in such violence, 4) explore any differences in the womens beliefs about alcohols role in violence when it was directed at others, and when it was directed at them, 5) develop theory, grounded...