Type:	Report
Title:	The men's project : exploring responses to men who are victims or perpetrators of family and domestic violence
Authors:	Family and Domestic Violence Unit, Department for Community Development, Government of Western Australia
Keywords:	Men as victims;Gay/lesbian/transgender;Cross-cultural;Regional rural and remote areas;Perpetrators;Perpetrator programs;Indigenous issues
Population:	People who use domestic, family and sexual violence
Year:	2006
Publisher:	Western Australia. Department for Community Development, Family and Domestic Violence Unit
Notes:	General Overview: This Western Australian report forms part of a larger project that explores the issues of men who are victims or perpetrators of family and domestic violence. It identifies key issues as well as responses to reduce family and domestic violence. Objective: The Men’s Project aims to explore services, resources and responses for men who are victims or perpetrators of domestic violence and to inform the direction of the Western Australian Government’s Family and Domestic Violence Unit. Discussion: Three overarching themes are discussed - challenging men’s politics of silence; men’s accountability, responsibility, ownership and healing; and men’s help-seeking behaviour. Other issues and suggested responses include policing and legislative changes; perpetrator programs; men’s groups; women’s refuges; gay men; male victims; culturally and linguistically diverse communities; and rural and remote areas such as Indigenous communities; mining communities; and farming communities. * Challenging men’s politics of silence – the silence that surrounds family and domestic violence in relation to men. Reduction and prevention of male violence starts with men in all settings (workplace, sports, industry) to challenge the silence and promote healthy, positive and egalitarian relationships. * Men’s accountability, responsibility, ownership and healing – accountability refers to men’s recognition of the criminality of domestic violence. Responsibility refers to the recognition that culpability for violence needs to be borne by the perpetrator instead of being attributed to others’ provocation or external factors. Ownership suggests that achieving positive change requires that men own the process. Healing refers to the role of therapeutics in conjunction with criminal sanctions in addressing male violence in a more holistic way. * Issues underlying these themes refer to the construction of masculinity, which includes the way in which some men use violence to resolve conflict; and the barriers to seeking assistance. Conclusions: The report argues that the aim of reducing family and domestic violence can only be achieved by working with men, as the perpetrators are predominantly men, and so effective interventions will need to engage men in the process.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/19035
Physical description:	57 p.
Appears in Collections:	Reports

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