A National Portrait of Restorative Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence
Intervention and engagement strategies should create spaces for transformation, healing, safety, and well-being for people who cause harm. APIPs should collaborate with other community-based agencies to do the same with adult and child survivors. Programs should treat participants with dignity and respect, valuing their commitment to change and transformation. They should provide skill-building and access to wraparound support to address the harm and violence, and help participants develop goals for healthy, non-abusive relationships. Intervention and engagement strategies should recognize participant experiences while including support to heal past trauma and the harms caused by systems of oppression.
Resources in this Collection
Additional Resources
- Concept Mapping: Engaging Urban Men to Understand Community Influences on Partner Violence Perpetration (Holliday et al., 2019)
- Adult Hope Scale (Snyder et al., 1991)
- Hope Rising – How the Science of HOPE Can Change Your Life (Gwinn & Hellman, 2018)
- [Webinar] Introduction to Restorative Justice (Barnard Center for Research on Women, 2020)
- The Ten Essential Elements of Dignity (Hicks, 2011)
- Defining Justice: Restorative and Retributive Justice Goals Among Intimate Partner Violence Survivors (Decker et al., 2020)