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040 _aWSS
_dAFV
100 _aBoshier, Peter
_9804
245 _aAre stopping violence programmes worthwhile?
_cBoshier, Peter; Wademan, J
260 _c2009
365 _a00
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500 _aFrom speech delivered at Domestic Violence Hui, Te Awataha Marae, Northcote, Auckland, 18 February 2009.
520 _aThis article questions whether stopping violence programmes in New Zealand are value for money and whether they actually protect victims of domestic violence. The article describes how stopping violence programmes became part of domestic violence legislation, how such programmes receive approval, and the different types of programmes for perpetrators and adult and child victims. Drawing on published research, the paper examines what is known about the cost of programmes, the uptake, and how well they work. The authors find the cost is not small, that a significant proportion of perpetrators do not complete programmes, and that evaluations tend to overestimate the effectiveness of the programmes. The research indicates that knowledge of the context of violence is not properly utilised when directing people to programmes, and it would be useful to screen people to determine the nature and type of family violence in question. Similarly, the number of culturally appropriate programmes needs to be increased. The authors conclude that programmes are an important means of protecting victims of domestic violence. However there must be a commitment to requiring perpetrators to attend programmes and to offer good programmes to victims. It is important to know how productive the programmes are and to be more flexible about who should be required to attend what programme, and what further programmes might be appropriate.
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aINTERVENTION
_9326
650 2 7 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aJUSTICE
_9333
650 2 7 _aLEGISLATION
_9346
650 2 7 _2FVC
_aOFFENDERS
_9413
650 2 7 _aPERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES
_92951
651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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650 2 7 _9458
_aPREVENTION
_2FVC
700 1 _aWademan, J
_92262
500 _aNew Zealand Family Law Journal 6(5) March 2009 : 119-125
773 0 _tNew Zealand Family Law Journal 6(5) March 2009 : 119-125
856 _uhttp://www.nnsvs.org.nz/sites/default/files/DV%20Hui%20Speech%20-%20Publication%20in%20NZFLJ.pdf
942 _cARTICLE
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999 _c1845
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