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. 2024 Apr 9;25(4):3269–3284. doi: 10.1177/15248380241244398

Table 1.

Description of Key Concepts of Interest.

Key Term Description of Concept
Program effectiveness • Definition or measures of effectiveness or program success.
Family group counseling • Helping families and/or couples cope with domestic violence, structural inequities, and social injustice related to domestic violence.
Restorative justice • Engaging the person(s) causing harm to acknowledge the harm that they have caused, prioritize ending violence, promoting safety and empowerment, and changing social norms.
• Prioritizing survivor empowerment, healing, involvement, and perspectives into offender treatment.
Transformative justice • Efforts to gain community support to address conditions that create violence and disavow carceral, punitive approaches to transgressive behavior.
Social justice • Endeavors to respect the diversity of cultural values and the impact of systemic oppression on interpersonal violence.
Case management • Holistic, “wrap-around,” or individualized services provided to an offender that goes beyond the bounds of the program curriculum to address additional needs. This may include referral practices, follow-up, cultural tailoring, etc.
Program partners • Collaborations and partnerships with other community-based agencies that are relevant to offender treatment and secondary IPV prevention.
Economic inequality • Fees, financial burdens, employment assistance, economic resources, or anything related to DVIP participants’ economic or financial stability.
Racism • Discrimination or oppression based on race, ethnicity, immigration status, primary language spoken, or anything related to racial inequality.
Adverse childhood experiences • Offenders’ history of childhood trauma, abuse, or neglect.
Strengths-based parenting • Promoting positive, strengths-based parenting from the father or abusive partner.

Note. DVIPs = Domestic Violence Intervention Programs; IPV = intimate partner violence.