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.
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)