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Working with perpetrators of domestic violence to protect women and children: a partnership between Cheshire Probation Service and the NSPCC
Author(s) -
Skyner David R.,
Waters Jim
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0852(199901/02)8:1<46::aid-car518>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - general partnership , domestic violence , service (business) , criminal justice , public relations , economic justice , criminology , sociology , human factors and ergonomics , political science , poison control , medicine , business , medical emergency , law , marketing
Domestic violence is increasingly becoming recognized as a serious social problem with an enormous cost to society. While historically services have been established for women survivors, it is only recently that programmes designed to address men's violence towards women have become established, led predominantly within the criminal justice sector. This paper describes one such programme established in partnership between Cheshire Probation Service and the NSPCC. It identifies a number of factors considered to be essential in its successful implementation, including the importance of working in partnership, a sound and shared theoretical basis, the provision of a parallel support package for women and children and ongoing programme evaluation. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.