the duluth model is an intervention program that emphasizes domestic violence.
the duluth model is an intervention program that emphasizes domestic violence.
the duluth model is an intervention program that emphasizes?
domestic violence
the feminist theory underlying the duluth model is that men use violence within relationships to exercise power and control. this is illustrated by the "power and control wheel," a graphic typically displayed as a poster in participating locations. according to the duluth model, "women and children are vulnerable to violence because of their unequal social, economic, and political status in society." treatment of abusive men is focused on re-education, as "we do not see men’s violence against women as stemming from individual pathology, but rather from a socially reinforced sense of entitlement." the program's philosophy is intended to help batterers work to change their attitudes and personal behavior so they would learn to be nonviolent in any relationship.
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the duluth model or domestic abuse intervention project is a program developed to reduce domestic violence against women. it is named after duluth, minnesota, the city where it was developed. the program was largely founded by american ellen pence.









































, the duluth model is the most common batterer intervention program used in the united states. critics argue that the method can be ineffective as it was developed without minority communities in mind and can fail to address root psychological or emotional causes of abuse, in addition to completely neglecting male victims and female perpetrators of abuse.
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