Good Practice With Perpetrators Of Domestic Violence

national survey of domestic violence perpetratorprogrammes, organising theirdiscussion around eight ‘Good Practice Indicators’ established by wider research into responses to domestic violence. Despite instances of good practice, they find evidence of a continuing lack of emphasis on the views and wellbeing of survivors in the operation and evaluation of such programmes. I ntervention with domestic violenceperpetrators is a controversial area of practice. There are fears that unless programmes operate to very strict principles, they may actually place women in greater danger.They may, for example, offer women false hope that their partners will automatically be committed to the programme or will change their behaviour as a result. Or, even if outright violence i