Journal article
Desistance From Intimate Partner Violence: A Conceptual Model and Framework for Practitioners for Managing the Process of Change
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol.30(15), pp.2726-2750
2015
Abstract
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is an international issue that social and criminal justice workers will encounter regularly. It has been identified that men can, and do stop using, or desist from, IPV although it is unclear how this process of change develops. This article introduces a conceptual model to outline how the process of desistance evolves and what it encompasses. Using thematic analysis of interview data from partner-violent men, survivors, and treatment facilitators, the resulting model demonstrates that the process of change is a dynamic one where men's use of, and cessation from, violence needs to be understood within the context of each individual's life. Three global themes were developed: (a) lifestyle behaviors (violent): what is happening in the men's lives when they use violence; (b) catalysts for change: the triggers and transitions required to initiate the process of change; and (c) lifestyle behaviors (non-violent): what is different in the men's lives when they have desisted from IPV. The purpose of this model is to offer a framework for service providers to assist them to manage the process of change in partner-violent men.
Details
- Title
- Desistance From Intimate Partner Violence: A Conceptual Model and Framework for Practitioners for Managing the Process of Change
- Authors
- Kate Walker (Author) - Coventry University, United KingdomErica Bowen (Author) - Coventry University, United KingdomSarah J Brown (Author) - Coventry University, United KingdomEmma Sleath (Author) - Coventry University, United Kingdom
- Publication details
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol.30(15), pp.2726-2750
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Inc.
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.1177/0886260514553634
- ISSN
- 0886-2605; 0886-2605
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451421302621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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