For more information and resources about working with men who use violence, visit the No To Violence website.
For support of veterans who use violence, go to the Veterans page
Follow this link to view men’s services in Bayside Peninsula
Resources for Practitioners
Mapping domestic and family violence perpetrator pathways: This website provides a broad overview of the ways in which domestic and family violence (DFV) perpetrators come into contact with agencies and services across all Australian states and territories. The state-by-state maps reveal the pathways taken by DFV perpetrators across various intervention systems.
Web of Accountability: Taken from the VicGov FV Reform Action Plan
Men’s Behaviour Change Group Work: Minimum Standards and Quality Practice Manual: A DHHS and No To Violence guide.
Opportunities for early intervention: bringing perpetrators of family violence into view The RMIT Centre for Innovative Justice report lists a range of recommendations highlighting ways the justice system can interrupt the cycle of family violence to make perpetrators more visible.
National Outcome Standards for Perpetrator Interventions: The National Outcome Standards were endorsed by the Council of Australian Governments under the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022.
Men’s Family Violence Help Cards: This business card-sized resource concertinas out to nine double-sided pages filled with information to help men who use violence against their partners and families to seek help.
Men Think Safe Act Safe: This easy English book was developed by the Southern Melbourne Integrated Family Violence Partnership (IFVP) to provide information for men who use violence. Southern Melbourne IFVP would like to acknowledge these contributors.
Integration case studies: — Kildonan UnitingCare Family Violence Intervention Program — Men’s Behaviour Change
Convicted Abusers Reflect on Their Violent Behaviour Watch this 15 minute video from The Atlantic that takes an inside look into a men’s behaviour change program.
Call Me Dad video of an Australian men’s behaviour change program
Tip sheetCulturally responsive practice with men who use violence
General Resources and Research
Strong foundations: Building on Victoria’s work to end family violence
Motivation for Change: Working with men who use violence
Convicted Abusers Reflect on Their Violent Behavior
Call Me Dad: Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Violence | Real Stories Full-Length Documentary
Engaging Men in the Prevention of Gender Based Violence
Interventions for perpetrators of domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia To support the growing policy focus on perpetrators of domestic, family and sexual violence, ANROWS commissioned and published 20 relevant research reports between 2018 and 2020. This paper synthesises their key findings and the recommendations arising from these findings.
Willing, capable and confident: men, masculinities and the prevention of violence against womenExamines how we can support men to engage more in actions to prevent gender-based violence.