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Perpetrators' Perspectives on Family Violence: An Event Process Model
Meg Stairmand1, Devon L L Polaschek1, Louise Dixon2
1University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
|September 3, 2019
Summary
This study developed the Family Violence Event Process Model (FVEPM) to understand family violence from a perpetrator
Area of Science:
- Criminology
- Psychology
- Sociology
Background:
- Offense process models lack development for family violence.
- Existing models are limited in scope and perspective.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop a comprehensive offense process model for family violence.
- To explore cognitive, behavioral, contextual, and motivational factors in family violence perpetration.
Main Methods:
- Conducted semistructured interviews with 27 participants in family violence perpetrator treatment programs.
- Analyzed participant narratives using grounded theory methods.
Main Results:
- Developed the Family Violence Event Process Model (FVEPM) with four temporal sections: background factors, event build-up, event, and post-event.
- Identified key cognitive, behavioral, contextual, and motivational factors contributing to family violence.
- Highlighted the dynamic nature and situational factors in family violence events.
Conclusions:
- The FVEPM offers a novel framework for understanding a broader range of family violence.
- This model contributes to event-based theories from a perpetrator's perspective.
- The FVEPM emphasizes the dynamic interplay of factors in family violence perpetration.
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