“I can’t change my past, but I can change my future” : perpetrator perspectives on what helps to stop family violence
Morrison, Bronwyn
“I can’t change my past, but I can change my future” : perpetrator perspectives on what helps to stop family violence Bronwyn Morrison, Marianne Bevan and Phil Meredith - Department of Corrections, 2021 - Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal .
Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal, 2021, 8(1)
Reductions in family violence would be expected to have a significant impact on imprisonment and victimisation rates in Aotearoa, New Zealand, particularly for Māori. Understanding how to help people stop using violence constitutes a key area of focus for Ara Poutama Aotearoa, and will be a critical enabler of the Department achieving the goals set out in Hōkai Rangi: Ara Poutama Aotearoa Strategy 2019-2024.
Research led by the Department as part of the Ministerial Review of Family and Sexual Violence in 2015 revealed considerable gaps in our knowledge about those who perpetrate family violence in New Zealand (Morrison et al 2015). The review found that there was limited understanding about when and why people start using violence against family members, and how the nature of people’s violence evolves over time and across different relationships. While frequently speculated upon, it found that the links between family violence victimisation and perpetration were typically poorly evidenced. Little was known about the volume or mix of interventions people had received across their lifetime, and how effective these interventions were from the perspective of those receiving them.
Responding to this need, the Department embarked on an in-depth study of people in prison for family violence offences in 2017. This article presents the results of this research in relation to people’s treatment experiences, including what they believed helped or hindered their journeys towards living from violence, and what other assistance they felt was needed. (From the introduction). Record #8156
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ABUSIVE MEN
ABUSIVE WOMEN
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
ALCOHOL ABUSE
CHILD ABUSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
HAUORA HINENGARO
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
MĀORI
MENTAL HEALTH
METHAMPHETAMINE
OFFENDERS
PATU TAMARIKI
PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES
PERPETRATORS
PRISONERS
RONGOĀ WHAKAIRANGI
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TANGATA HARA
TRAUMA
TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
NEW ZEALAND
“I can’t change my past, but I can change my future” : perpetrator perspectives on what helps to stop family violence Bronwyn Morrison, Marianne Bevan and Phil Meredith - Department of Corrections, 2021 - Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal .
Practice: the New Zealand Corrections Journal, 2021, 8(1)
Reductions in family violence would be expected to have a significant impact on imprisonment and victimisation rates in Aotearoa, New Zealand, particularly for Māori. Understanding how to help people stop using violence constitutes a key area of focus for Ara Poutama Aotearoa, and will be a critical enabler of the Department achieving the goals set out in Hōkai Rangi: Ara Poutama Aotearoa Strategy 2019-2024.
Research led by the Department as part of the Ministerial Review of Family and Sexual Violence in 2015 revealed considerable gaps in our knowledge about those who perpetrate family violence in New Zealand (Morrison et al 2015). The review found that there was limited understanding about when and why people start using violence against family members, and how the nature of people’s violence evolves over time and across different relationships. While frequently speculated upon, it found that the links between family violence victimisation and perpetration were typically poorly evidenced. Little was known about the volume or mix of interventions people had received across their lifetime, and how effective these interventions were from the perspective of those receiving them.
Responding to this need, the Department embarked on an in-depth study of people in prison for family violence offences in 2017. This article presents the results of this research in relation to people’s treatment experiences, including what they believed helped or hindered their journeys towards living from violence, and what other assistance they felt was needed. (From the introduction). Record #8156
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
ABUSIVE MEN
ABUSIVE WOMEN
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
ALCOHOL ABUSE
CHILD ABUSE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FAMILY VIOLENCE
HAUORA HINENGARO
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
MĀORI
MENTAL HEALTH
METHAMPHETAMINE
OFFENDERS
PATU TAMARIKI
PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES
PERPETRATORS
PRISONERS
RONGOĀ WHAKAIRANGI
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
TANGATA HARA
TRAUMA
TŪKINOTANGA Ā-WHĀNAU
NEW ZEALAND