Web resource:	http://mams.rmit.edu.au/r3qx75qh2913.pdf
Type:	Journal Article
Title:	Opportunities for early intervention : bringing perpetrators of family violence into view
Authors:	Centre for Innovative Justice
Keywords:	Interventions;Perpetrator programs;Family violence;Perpetrators;Service provision
Topic:	Perpetrator interventions
Year:	2015
Publisher:	RMIT University
Citation:	March 2015
Notes:	"This Report turns the spotlight on perpetrators of family violence. In doing so, it calls for earlier and more proactive intervention - explaining that, while familyviolence has fi nally come to attention as a systemic wrong in need of a National Plan, a significant gap exists in our collective response. Equally, while victims of family violence must remain our priority, these victims will also remain at risk unless we step back and widen our gaze. In other words, until we adjust the lens and bring those who use violence and coercion more clearly into view - until we intervene at the source of the problem - the cycle of this violence will simply roll on. This may manifest in assaults against the same or subsequent partners, in the damaging effects we know are experienced by children, in the behaviour of adolescents, or in the tragic escalation that can devastate an entire community. The aim of this Report, then, is to help to bring violent individuals out of this corner and under the scrutiny of a systemic response. In doing so it makes no apologies for its gendered analysis as, while men can be victims of family violence too, this does not change the fact that structural inequality and widespread community attitudes perpetuate violence against women, as well as rigid gendered roles that entrap women and men alike. ..."
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16028
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