Season 2 Episode 17: Intervening with Domestic Violence Perpetrators: "We can't leave anything on the table"

Partnered with a Survivor: David Mandel and Ruth Reymundo Mandel

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Intervening with perpetrators, who are the source of the harm to child, partner and family functioning, is essential for domestic violence-informed systems. In this episode, David & Ruth talk about the third principle of the Safe & Together Model which focuses on intervening with the perpetrator to reduce risk and harm to children. The conversation covers:

• the importance of a broad defintion of "accountability"
• how micro -practices around language and documentation are the foundation of accountability in a domestic violence-informed system
• how tradition definitions of perpetrator accountability can contribute to racial inequity in the response of systems
• how practitioners can increase their capacity to keep the focus on the perpetrator and change (and away from a "failure-to-protect" approach)

Read our white paper on perpetrators, change and accountability

Listen to these related episodes
Season 2 Episode 15: She is Not Your Rehab: A global invitation to men to end abuse of women & children through radical self-responsibility & healing
Season 2 Episode 11: “We need a revolution:” Integration of trauma healing and behavior change for people who choose violence
Season 2, Episode 5: How professionals can avoid being manipulated by perpetrators

Episode 21: Listening to the Voices of Children and Young People Harmed by Fathers Who Choose Violence
Episode 19: Nine Ways to Collude with a Person Who Chooses Violence

Now available! Mapping the Perpetrator’s Pattern: A Practitioner’s Tool for Improving Assessment, Intervention, and Outcomes The web-based Perpetrator Pattern Mapping Tool is a virtual practice tool for improving assessment, intervention, and outcomes through a perpetrator pattern-based approach. The tool allows practitioners to apply the Model’s critical concepts and principles to their current case load in real

Check out David Mandel's new book "Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to transform the way we keep children safe from domestic violence."