TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - The process of primary desistance from intimate partner violence
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Walker, Kate
A1  - Bowen, Erica
A1  - Brown, Sarah
A1  - Sleath, Emma
SP  - 843
EP  - 875
VL  - 24
IS  - 7
N2  - This study examined the interaction between structure and agency for individuals in the first or early phase of primary desistance (1 year offending free) from intimate partner violence (IPV). Narrative accounts of perpetrators, survivors, and IPV program facilitators were analyzed using Thematic Analysis. Changes in the self and the contexts, structures, and conditions were necessary to promote desistance. Perpetrators made behavioral and cognitive changes taking on different identities (agentic role) by removing external stressors and instability within the confines of a supportive environment (structural role). <br><br>FINDINGS provide a theoretical framework of desistance from IPV that integrates social processes and subjective change.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801217722238
ID  - ref1
ER  -