Research: Best Practice in Delivery of Perpetrator Programmes
A new research document has been published by the Council of Europe which is a comparative study based on a mapping of existing programmes for perpetrators of domestic and sexual violence in Council of Europe member states, providing essential guidance and recommendations for the design and implementation of such programmes.
The research was commissioned in response to the Dublin Declaration, a declaration on the prevention of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence adopted by European Ministers of Justice.
The document sets important standards for such work, including co operation with specialist support services for victims, intervention by skilled and trained facilitators and a focus on perpetrator responsibility and attitudes, and will be of use as a reference for partners interested in setting up perpetrator programmes or who are already delivering related work.
