TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - "I am not taking sides as a female at all": co-facilitation and gendered positioning in a domestic abuse perpetrator program
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - Päivinen, Helena
A1  - Eisenstadt, Nathan
A1  - Cramer, Helen
A1  - Morgan, Karen
A1  - Newman, Chris
A1  - Iwi, Kate
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The facilitation of domestic abuse perpetrator programs (DAPPs) by mixed gender co-facilitation pairs brings different facilitator perspectives and enables the modeling of egalitarian and respectful male-female relationships. This study analyzed 22 video and audio recordings of community-based DAPP groups featuring male participants, and male and female facilitators. Using thematic analysis, we aimed to understand how facilitators engaged participants and whether the facilitator's gender affected this. We found an asymmetry in the positioning of the facilitators. Group participants challenged both facilitators, but especially the female facilitators. Facilitator strategies toward behavior change included softening direct challenges (female facilitators) and mobilizing the shared category of men (male facilitators). Implications from this study are for reflective practice in facilitator management and supervision specifically focused on gendered power dynamics. Skilled facilitation is key to behavior change and the gendered interplay within groups may be a crucial element in the reduction of interpersonal violence and abuse.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X241254699
ID  - ref1
ER  -