Domestic Violence Investigation

Hi everyone, i'm currently writing up an application studying journalism at uni. The application criteria is based on life experience. Over the past two and a half years my life revolved around raising my son as a single parent. I have been thinking about doing journalism for a long time but circumstances changed dramatically when my son was seven months old his father attempted to kill him by lodging a dummy in his throat, he was then diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Being an observant person and having a great support network I became aware of the emotional abuse that my son's father was inflicting on us day to day, and his unassuming demeanor that fooled many. How could people justify his actions? out of love? his immaturity? inability to control frustration? and despite the evidence based on his father being abusive and manipulative we were left with no justice, No one asked the questions that could prove to be vital in getting my son the justice he deserves and a conviction so this has spurred me on in the quest to be a journalist. I was thinking about how my life in the past few years can apply to journalism, I read many stories on this forum and many of them are about domestic violence, reading articles on news sites all I see is the core facts and statistics, when I read a story about domestic violence being in that situation myself, I expect it to strike a chord, except it doesn't. I feel saddened but i also feel disheartened because something very bad happened to this person and i can't grasp the whole concept as it's been written in it's simplest form without any true emotion. People shouldn't be another statistic, reading non-fictional stories about real people with real emotions should reach out to people and shake them to their core and that is why I want to do what I want to do, because I want these stories to resonate with readers.

I can't speak for everyone but I believe violence of any kind can never, ever be justified. It can only be understood to a certain extent. So i'm looking to speak to people, mother or father's that have been in a violent relationship, i'm yet to prepare questions I would like to ask and I understand that this topic is a very sensitive one but any help I could get would greatly be appreciated.