The process of primary desistance from intimate partner violence Kate Walker, Erica Bowen, Sarah Brown and Emma Sleath
By: Walker, Kate
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Contributor(s): Bowen, Erica | Brown, Sarah | Sleath, Emma.
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ArticleSeries: Violence Against Women.Publisher: Sage, 2017Subject(s): DESISTANCE | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INTERVENTION | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | PERPETRATORSOnline resources: Read abstract
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Violence Against Women, 2017, Advance online publication, 15 August 2017Summary: "This study examined the interaction between structure and agency for individuals in the first or early phase of primary desistance (1 year offending free) from intimate partner violence (IPV). Narrative accounts of perpetrators, survivors, and IPV program facilitators were analyzed using Thematic Analysis. Changes in the self and the contexts, structures, and conditions were necessary to promote desistance. Perpetrators made behavioral and cognitive changes taking on different identities (agentic role) by removing external stressors and instability within the confines of a supportive environment (structural role). Findings provide a theoretical framework of desistance from IPV that integrates social processes and subjective change." (Authors' abstract). Record #5539
Violence Against Women, 2017, Advance online publication, 15 August 2017
"This study examined the interaction between structure and agency for individuals in the first or early phase of primary desistance (1 year offending free) from intimate partner violence (IPV). Narrative accounts of perpetrators, survivors, and IPV program facilitators were analyzed using Thematic Analysis. Changes in the self and the contexts, structures, and conditions were necessary to promote desistance. Perpetrators made behavioral and cognitive changes taking on different identities (agentic role) by removing external stressors and instability within the confines of a supportive environment (structural role). Findings provide a theoretical framework of desistance from IPV that integrates social processes and subjective change." (Authors' abstract). Record #5539
