Article 16 – Preventive intervention and treatment programmes
1. Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to set up or support programmes aimed at teaching perpetrators of domestic violence to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships with a view to preventing further violence and changing violent behavioural patterns.
2. Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to set up or support treatment programmes aimed at preventing perpetrators, in particular sex ofenders, from re-ofending.
3. In taking the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, Parties shall ensure that the safety of, support for and the human rights of victims are of primary concern and that, where appropriate, these programmes are set up and implemented in close co-ordination with specialist support services for victims.
INTRODUCTION
THE SCOPE OF ARTICLE 16
AN OVERVIEW OF PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES IN EUROPE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES
Understanding what works
Voluntary versus mandatory participation
Perpetrators and children
Defning success
Minimum standards for practice
Key principles of working with domestic violence perpetrators
Sample curricula for domestic violence perpetrator programmes
SEXUAL OFFENDER TREATMENT PROGRAMMES
Understanding what works
Minimum standards
Key principles for sexual ofender treatment programmes
Sample curricula for working with sex ofenders
GOOD PRACTICE EXAMPLES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATOR
PROGRAMMES AND SEXUAL OFFENDER TREATMENT PROGRAMMES
CONCLUSION
CHECKLIST FOR PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES
KEY RESOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Article 16 – Preventive intervention and treatment programmes
1. Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to set up or support programmes aimed at teaching perpetrators of domestic violence to adopt non-violent behaviour in interpersonal relationships with a view to preventing further violence and changing violent behavioural patterns.
2. Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to set up or support treatment programmes aimed at preventing perpetrators, in particular sex ofenders, from re-ofending.
3. In taking the measures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, Parties shall ensure that the safety of, support for and the human rights of victims are of primary concern and that, where appropriate, these programmes are set up and implemented in close co-ordination with specialist support services for victims.
