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Project coordinators Belgian- European project ‘An inter- and multidisciplinary approach of tackling domestic violence’
Daniël Bollen & Dries Wyckmans
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Domestic ViolenceTackled in Partnership
A comprehensive regional approach
in the Province of Limburg
Province of Limburg
1.TexteLimburg =
• Belgian Province
• in Flanders
• between Antwerp, Liège and Maastricht
• 820.000 inhabitants
• capital = Hasselt
Immediate cause for the project
• Increase of offences of domestic violence• Serious incidents and family tragedies• 14% of police reports = domestic violence
Provincial project domestic violence
• Set up end of 2004• Priority on the agenda • Police, justice and assistance• Way of acting more effective and efficient• In a preventive, curative and repressive manner
Partnership
• Between police, justice and assistance -> Sectors that normally don’t work so closely together !
Partnership
• Written scenario:
• simple and transparent working process• a standard record form• a referring form
Referring form
DOORVERWIJSFORMULIERO DRINGEND O ONTHAALPUNT PARTNERGEWELD
Fax: ……………………..O SLACHTOFFERHULP
Fax: ……………………..
Notitienr:............................ dd ....../......./..........
Lokale Politie: Adres:Fax: Contactpersoon:
PERSOON A PERSOON BNaam en voornaamAdres
Telefoonnummer
JA NEEN JA NEENU heeft reeds hulp gezocht? O O O OZo JA: bij wie?
Is deze nog lopende? О O O O
A solution without violence
• Police (is trained to) call in assistance fast• Need for sufficient
accommodation facilities
• Project ‘Relief points domestic violence’-> September 2006
Relief points domestic violence
• For individuals and couples confronted with partner violence
• Relief point =
• approaching assistance techniques• demand, information and advice • immediate psychosocial (crisis) assistance -> time-
out method• referred to further counselling or therapy
Relief points domestic violence
• Relief in different steps:
• police intervenes • police faxes a referring form signed by the persons
involved• social workers contact them within 5 working days
and invite them • police is informed afterwards, and sends complete
record to public prosecutor
Partnership: schematic presentation
proposal counselling
criminal offenceor family quarrel
serious assaultor children in danger
couple doesn’t agree
couple agrees
broken off
Justice
• Prosecution policy aimed at an alternative settlement
• Guide the partners to a solution without violence• When unsuccessful or when
problems are too serious, prosecution is considered
Results & evaluation relief points
• Anually +/- 1200 clients referred to relief points:
• couples: 54 %• ex-couples: 27 %• individuals: 19 %
Results & evaluation relief points
• Reported types of violence:
• combination physical - psychological violence: 49 %• psychological violence / threats: 8 %• physical violence: 6 %• non-compliance with the right of acces: 5 %• stalking: 3 %• sexual violence: 1 %• domestic quarrel: 1 %• elder abuse: 1 %• unknown: 26 %
Results & evaluation relief points
• Of the +/- 1200 clients that are referred:
• 57 % complies with assistance• 43 % doesn’t comply with assistance (refusal,
language problem, …)
Results & evaluation relief points
• Of the 57 % that complied with assistance:
• 41 % was assisted with oriented referring• 14 % was assisted -> completed or ungoing• 32 % has started the assistance but has pulled out• 13 % wasn’t reached or still had to be contacted
Prevention program: example
• Target group ‘pregnancy & young parenthood’:
• 3 to 8 % = victim during pregnancy• brochure with practical advice for young parents • concrete handles for health professionals: referral
slip and training
Prevention program: example
• Target group ‘separating couples’:
• fight the number of ugly divorces• promotion of mediation • practical guide on the subtleties of
the elaboration of a conflict avoiding residence and visiting arrangement
Major strenghts of the Limburg approach
• Domestic violence is taken very seriously• A far-reaching intersectoral collaboration• A lot more police reports (+ 300 % in
comparison with 2000): mostly due to sensitization of police officers & victims
• Emphasis on a curative approach & prevention• Less escalation, less recidivism
Needs for improvement
• Long-term and intensive case management of the family system
• More cooperation with mental healthcare (personality disorders)
• Approaching migrants (preventive, curative)• Prevention of intergenerational transmission• Legislation: temporary barring order?
European project
• European Commission: action grant ‘Prevention of and fight against crime 2009’:
• goal = development of European scenario and training programme, according to the optimization of the inter- and multidisciplinary approach of domestic violence in different European Member States
• European training seminar in September 2012
European project
• Development entry plan, scenario, website and training programme through:
• scientific research and evaluation• exchange of work experiences and best practices
with international project partners -> Hungary, The Netherlands, Spain and Sweden
European project
• Development innovative working methods:
• prevention program for young people -> relationship knowledge and skills (based on Canadian ‘Fourth R program’)
• optimization of relief points domestic violence within general welfare
• perpetrator therapy
Conclusion
An inter- an multidisciplinary approach on a regional level can be most effective in
tackling domestic violence!
Please do contact us for more information!
limburg.be/domesticviolence
• Daniël BollenT: 0032 11 30 57 43
• Dries WyckmansT: 0032 11 23 80 46