Fact Sheet: Guiding Principles for Engagement and Intervention with People Who Cause Harm through Intimate Partner Violence

These guiding principles are designed to inform abusive partner intervention programming (APIP), also known as battering intervention, at all stages of intervention—development, implementation, and evaluation.

Created as part of the Abusive Partner Accountability and Engagement Training and Technical Assistance Project, an initiative funded by the Office on Violence Against Women, their goal is to enhance not only programs but also the broader community response to accountability and engagement for people who cause harm through intimate partner violence (IPV). Equity, in all its forms, is a central component of the guiding principles and is interwoven into the fabric of each interrelated principle.

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This document is supported by grant 2018-TA-AX-K026 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Justice.