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Fighting violence against women and children–

Fighting violence against women and children– the need for integrated models in work with the violent men EuroSafe conference, Vienna 25.-27. June 2006 Assistant Director / Clinical Psychologist Marius Råkil, ATV. Homicide of women.

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Fighting violence against women and children–

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  1. Fighting violence against women and children– the need for integrated models in work with the violent men EuroSafe conference, Vienna 25.-27. June 2006 Assistant Director / Clinical Psychologist Marius Råkil, ATV

  2. Homicide of women • The Council of Europe have found that among its45 member countries, 70% of all women murdered, are killed by a partner or former partner. • Among the women in these countries between the ages of 16 and 44, more women die each year from violence than from cancer, traffic accidents and war.

  3. Prevalence • Based on data from 35 countries, the WHO reports that between ¼ and ½ of all women have been exposed to violence from a present or former partner

  4. Gender differences • 9 out of 10 reported perpetrators are men • 90% of people charged for crimes against “life, body and health” in Norway and 98% of people charged for sexual offences are men • Studies from the USA indicate that women use violence towards children more often than men

  5. Different traditions • The psychoeducational tradition (reeducation) • USA • Great Britain • Canada • The Nordic tradition • Therapy-oriented elaborations of the psychoeducational tradition • Emphasis on emotions like shame, inferiority + personal history related to violence

  6. The ATV model: • Interventions with the perpetrators must be • based on the integration of: • Perpetrator perspective • Victim perspective • Child perspective • Without the two latter, safety and dangerousness as the primary concerns regarding violence is often missed!

  7. The men’s programme at ATV • 3000 men have taken contact since the start in 1987. • Nearly 70% of the men who contact ATV go through a complete course of therapy. (mean = 10 months in individual therapy or 1.5 years in group therapy) • The drop-out rate is 25% during the first 3 assessment sessions, then declines to 8% (individual therapy) and 3% (group therapy). • Statistics: • 67% of the men make contact themselves by phone. • 45% have used violence towards more than one partner • 42% have never attended any form of treatment before • 83% were exposed to or witnessed violence as a child or adolescent • 10% have alcohol or drug problems, a few have mental health problems • 23% report also having used violence against their children

  8. Maintaining factors of violence • Cognitive factors • Externalizing, denial, minimisation and fragmentation • Dealing with shame (emotions): • Violence  Shame  ”Oblivion” •      • Violence is functional to the abuser • Cultural conditions, gender roles and patriarchal attitudes

  9. Treatment principles • 1. FOCUS ON VIOLENCE • Detailed and expanding reconstruction of the violence (behaviour) • 2. FOCUS ON RESPONSIBILITY • Focus on choices and intentions. Get in touch with own need for control and own control strategies (responsibility) • 3. FOCUS ON THE CLIENT’S PERSONAL HISTORY • Re-establish the connection between own “life learning” on masculinity, manhood, attitudes towards women etc, childhood experiences, significant aspects of adult coping strategies and the use of violence (connections) • 4. RECOGNISING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE VIOLENCE • Empathy with the victims (partner/children) of the violence. Recognising the pain inflicted on others (consequences)

  10. Violent men as fathers • Men's perceptions of themselves as fathers • How the violence is affecting the father – child relationship • How the violence is affecting the mother – child relationship • How the child is affected by the violence itself on both a short and long term basis • The basic psychological needs of the child in a developmental perspective and how these needs are violated by the presence of violence.

  11. Early detection • Mandatory education for all relevant professionals • Imperative standards from the national authorities • The need for professionals to act on their knowledge (accountability) • The need for leadership based organizational support to the practitioners

  12. Contact information • Marius Råkil • Alternative to Violence (ATV) • Address: Lilletorget 1, 0184 Oslo, Norway • Telephone: +47-22401110 • Fax: +47-22401111 • E-mail: marius@atv-stiftelsen.no or • Web: http://www.atv-stiftelsen.no

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