Working with domestic violence perpetrators as seen in the representations and emotions of female psychologists and social workers
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https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/5232Keywords:
gender violence, treatment programs for perpetrators, working with violent menAbstract
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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La camera blu is an open access, online publication, with licence CCPL Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported