Working with domestic violence perpetrators as seen in the representations and emotions of female psychologists and social workers

Authors

  • Alessandra Chiurazzi Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II
  • Caterina Arcidiacono Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/5232

Keywords:

gender violence, treatment programs for perpetrators, working with violent men

Abstract

Domestic  violence  is  a  global  issue  and is  widespread  (FRA,  2014;  Istat,  2007,  2015), so  in  order  to  fight  gender  based  violence,  men’s  involvement  is  required  too,  both through information, education and the promotion of a non-violent culture, and in terms of treatment programs for the offenders. Therefore, in line with an ecological approach, (Prilleltensky  &  Prilleltensky,  2007),  the  study  will  explore  how  counsellors  deal  with perpetrators of domestic violence. Six  female  psychologists  and  one  social  worker  working  in  the  OLV  -  Oltre  La Violenza  (Beyond  the  violence)  center,  a  public  health  service  in  Naples,  were interviewed. Through thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006), this study will explore their  perceptions  and  representations  of  violent  relationship  and  its  actors.  The operators’ gender influence and the way in which they interact within the contexts and make sense of their experience will be also analysed.

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Author Biographies

Alessandra Chiurazzi, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II

Alessandra Chiurazzi, Psychologist, PhD in Gender Studies, at University of Naples Federico II. Her research activity field is community psychology with particular focuson gender stereotypes, and gender violence(alessandra.chiurazzi@unina.it)

Caterina Arcidiacono, Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II

Caterina  Arcidiacono  Psychologist,  Jungian  analyst,  IAAP  (International  Association for Analytical Psychology) member; Full Professor of Community Psychology. Former Coordinator of the PhD Course in Gender Studies, of Federico II University of Naples.She organized international conferences on women issues as IAAP conference 2016 in Rome (The evil of violence in post-modernity) and organizes in Naples the first Italian scientific  workshop  on  Women  and  gender  Identity  in  the  1990.  Her  peculiar  research area concerns the woman-man relationship with special reference to gender asymmetry and  violence,  wellbeing,  power  asymmetry  intercultural  dialogue,  and  migration.  Co-Director     of     the     international     online     gender     journal:     La     camera     blu http://www.tema.unina.it/index.php/camerablu/index      (caterina.arcidiacono@unina.it and skype: caterina_arcidiacono)

Published

2017-08-03

How to Cite

Chiurazzi, A., & Arcidiacono, C. (2017). Working with domestic violence perpetrators as seen in the representations and emotions of female psychologists and social workers. La Camera Blu, (16). https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/5232

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