Journal article
The Process of Primary Desistance From Intimate Partner Violence
Violence Against Women, Vol.24(7), pp.843-875
2018
Abstract
This study examined the interaction between structure and agency for individuals in the first or early phase of primary desistance (1 year offending free) from intimate partner violence (IPV). Narrative accounts of perpetrators, survivors, and IPV program facilitators were analyzed using Thematic Analysis. Changes in the self and the contexts, structures, and conditions were necessary to promote desistance. Perpetrators made behavioral and cognitive changes taking on different identities (agentic role) by removing external stressors and instability within the confines of a supportive environment (structural role). Findings provide a theoretical framework of desistance from IPV that integrates social processes and subjective change.
Details
- Title
- The Process of Primary Desistance From Intimate Partner Violence
- Authors
- K Walker (Author) - Coventry University, United KingdomE Bowen (Author) - Coventry University, United KingdomSarah J Brown (Author) - Coventry University, United KingdomE Sleath (Author) - Coventry University, United Kingdom
- Publication details
- Violence Against Women, Vol.24(7), pp.843-875
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Inc.
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.1177/1077801217722238
- ISSN
- 1077-8012
- 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
- 99450952602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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