Domestic violence and intimate partner homicide: targeted and holistic approaches

This paper highlighted two specific aspects to practitioners and policymakers working in the field of domestic violence. The first emphasised the need for targeted and tailored approaches. Domestic violence is often treated as a single phenomenon, yet we can identify different types: situational couple violence and intimate terrorism. Secondly, we emphasised one of the targeted approaches that has received less attention within this field: perpetrator programmes. These programmes work with violent men and aim to increase their sense of responsibility and accountability for their behaviour and to enable them to unlearn this behaviour.
This toolbox was written in the light of the Portuguese Presidency of the EUCPN.
Published: September 2021
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