NB: the word 'violence' in the title doesn't mean only physical violence. The authors of the handbook are using the term in the way many DV professionals use it, to cover all the various tactics of coercive control that domestic abusers can use — emotional, verbal, financial, social, sexual, physical, spiritual and legal abuse. Respecting… Continue reading Respecting & Listening to Victims of Violence — a handbook
Tag: Response-Based Practice
How to prevent young men’s violence — lecture by Linda Coates and Allan Wade
Many abuse-prevention materials are reproducing the problem. They’re making the abuse invisible, they're reducing the responsibility of the offender, shifting blame to the victim, and minimizing the harm done by interpersonal violence.