NICRO
National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Reintegration of Offenders
217 Pretorius Street, Van Erkom Building, Room 544, Pretoria
www.nicro.org.za
CONTENTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING: PARTICIPANT INSTRUCTIONS 5
Overview 5
Target Audience 5
Assessments 5
Reflective Practice 5
Certification 6
Training Report 6
Pre Test - Performance Indicators I 6
MODULE 1: A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 12
Objectives 12
What is domestic violence? 12
Types of domestic violence 13
Domestic violence in different contexts 14
Signs of possible domestic violence 20
Domestic violence stereotypes and myths 23
MODULE 2: CORE CONCEPTS 25
Objectives 25
Core concepts 25
Socialisation and the media 27
MODULE 3: DYNAMICS OF
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Men are victims of domestic violence as often as women are.
5. Domestic violence occurs because men can’t control their anger and frustration.
6. Domestic violence is a problem in poorer communities.
7. Alcohol and drugs are a major cause of domestic violence.
8. Domestic Violence is almost never just a single episode.
9. You need to have bruises or other physical evidence to show the court that you have been a victim of domestic violence
10. You can get a protection order against people other than your intimate partner under the Domestic Violence Act.
11. You can only apply for a protection order if you are an adult.
12. People who are victims of dating violence can’t apply for a protection order under the Domestic Violence Act because they seldom live together.
13. In situations of domestic violence, everyone in the family has a role to play in stopping the violence.
14. Victims of domestic violence must like it or they would leave.
15. Men have a right to discipline their female partners.
16. People in same sex relationships do not suffer domestic violence.
17. A man cannot sexually abuse his wife.
18. Women ask for it. They deserve what they
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• Minimizing, denying, blaming: Making light of the abuse and not taking her concerns about it seriously, saying the abuse didn’t happen, shifting responsibility for abusive behaviour, saying she caused it.
• Using the children: Making her feel guilty about the children, using the children to relay messages, using visitation to harass her, threatening to take children away.
• Using male privilege: Treating her like a servant, making all the big decisions, acting like the “master of the castle”, being the one to define men’s and women’s roles.
• Using economic abuse: Preventing her from getting or keeping a job, making her ask for money, giving her an allowance, taking her money, not letting her know about or have access to family income.
• Using coercion and threats: Making and/or carrying out threats to hurt her, threatening to leave her, to commit suicide, to report her to welfare, making her drop charges, making her do illegal things.
Figure 2: Power and Control