Working with perpetrators of domestic violence to protect women and children: a partnership between Cheshire Probation Service and the NSPCC

Trends in outcomes used to measure the effectiveness of UK-based support interventions and services targeted at adults with experience of domestic and sexual violence and abuse: a scoping review

“…80 studies from 111 reports were included in this review (see figure 1). Data extracted from the included studies are summarised in online supplemental appendix 4 and figure 2 51 68–177…”

Domestic Violence Programmes: Reflections on the Shift from Independent to Statutory Provision

“…While this has been the case with programmes generally (Holt 2000), the findings for those addressing domestic violence were found to be particularly unsatisfactory. It has been suggested that evaluation studies which demonstrated a reduction in offending (see in particular Dobash et al 1996;Burton et al 1998;Skyner and Waters 1999), were based on unacceptably low numbers of men completing the programmes, self-reports from the men themselves, and little or no follow-up evidence (Mullender and Burton 2000).…”

Advocacy Counseling for Female Survivors of Partner Abuse: Implications for Counselor Education

“…Partner abuse involves an interpersonal system of a perpetrator and direct and indirect victims of domination. It is a complex phenomenon that may lead to a cycle of physical, emotional, and psychological violence by which victims increasingly engage in self-devaluation and learned helplessness, potentially facilitating a cycle of intergenerational trauma (Arón & Lorion, 2003;Skyner & Waters, 1999;Walker, 1982). It may also involve the use of coercion, humiliation, and control using physical, sexual, and/or emotional aggression (Berry, 2000;Geffner & Rosenbaum, 2001;Goodyear-Smith & Laidlaw, 1999).…”