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Designing from the margins Neurodivergent-led Organisations on Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes (2024)
Report
Renehan, N. (2024). Designing from the margins Neurodivergent-led Organisations on Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes. NA

This research project draws on the accounts of representatives of neurodivergent-led organisations in the United Kingdom, and details their perspectives about how domestic abuse perpetrator programmes could be developed and delivered to be more neuro... Read More about Designing from the margins Neurodivergent-led Organisations on Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes.

Building choice in domestic abuse perpetrator interventions: reflections on what clients, victims and practitioners need (2024)
Report
Renehan, N., & Gadd, D. (2024). Building choice in domestic abuse perpetrator interventions: reflections on what clients, victims and practitioners need. His Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation Academic Insights

This report was kindly produced by Nicole Renehan and David Gadd, setting out the key ingredients for effective work with domestic abuse perpetrators. They highlight the importance of: (i) establishing a sense of safety for victim survivors; (ii) dev... Read More about Building choice in domestic abuse perpetrator interventions: reflections on what clients, victims and practitioners need.

Criminal Justice Policy and Victim-Survivor Empowerment: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes in England and Wales (2024)
Journal Article
Barlow, C., Walklate, S., & Renehan, N. (2024). Criminal Justice Policy and Victim-Survivor Empowerment: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes in England and Wales. feminists@law, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.1259

Empowering victim-survivors has long been recognised as one key strategy in reducing domestic abuse. This article explores whether Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes as a criminal justice response to preventing domestic abuse in the United Kingdom... Read More about Criminal Justice Policy and Victim-Survivor Empowerment: A Case Study of Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes in England and Wales.

Foregrounding Meaning and Motive in the Domestic Abuse Perpetration of and Response to Neurodivergent Men (2024)
Journal Article
Renehan, N. (2024). Foregrounding Meaning and Motive in the Domestic Abuse Perpetration of and Response to Neurodivergent Men. Deviant Behavior, 45(12), 1682–1697. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2024.2319638

Typological approaches have thus far neglected the perpetration, profiles, and response to neurodivergent men who are autistic, have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and those experiencing psychosis. This article addresses this gap, though ad... Read More about Foregrounding Meaning and Motive in the Domestic Abuse Perpetration of and Response to Neurodivergent Men.

For Better or Worse? Improving the Response to Domestic Abuse Offenders on Probation (2024)
Journal Article
Renehan, N., & Gadd, D. (2024). For Better or Worse? Improving the Response to Domestic Abuse Offenders on Probation. The British Journal of Criminology: An International Review of Crime and Society, 64(5), 1171–1188. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azae003

As the Ministry of Justice looks to develop a ‘new generation’ of programmes to reduce reoffending, we reflect on what can be learnt from the only accredited domestic abuse programme in England and Wales, Building Better Relationships (BBR). Findings... Read More about For Better or Worse? Improving the Response to Domestic Abuse Offenders on Probation.

Self-blame and (becoming) the crazy ex: Domestic abuse, information sharing and responsibilisation (2023)
Journal Article
Renehan, N., Barlow, C., & Walklate, S. (online). Self-blame and (becoming) the crazy ex: Domestic abuse, information sharing and responsibilisation. Criminology & Criminal Justice, https://doi.org/10.1177/17488958231207463

The 2021 Domestic Abuse Act puts the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (Clare’s Law) on a statutory footing which allows police forces to share someone’s criminal history to prevent domestic abuse. In this article, we draw on the findings from a wi... Read More about Self-blame and (becoming) the crazy ex: Domestic abuse, information sharing and responsibilisation.

Rendering them responsible: victim-survivors experiences of Clare’s Law and domestic violence disclosure schemes (2023)
Journal Article
Barlow, C., Walklate, S., & Renehan, N. (2024). Rendering them responsible: victim-survivors experiences of Clare’s Law and domestic violence disclosure schemes. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 8(1), 83-97. https://doi.org/10.1332/239868021x16751803681186

This article presents empirical findings from a British Academy funded project concerned to explore victim-survivor experiences of domestic violence disclosure schemes (DVDS) in the UK. In so doing it draws on the concept of responsibilisation as one... Read More about Rendering them responsible: victim-survivors experiences of Clare’s Law and domestic violence disclosure schemes.

Responding to coercive control in criminal justice domestic violence perpetrator programmes in England and Wales: Conceptual, operational, and methodological complexities (2022)
Journal Article
Renehan, N. (2023). Responding to coercive control in criminal justice domestic violence perpetrator programmes in England and Wales: Conceptual, operational, and methodological complexities. Probation Journal, 70(3), 242-260. https://doi.org/10.1177/02645505221141952

Evaluations of domestic violence perpetrator programmes have not produced evidence that they are as effective at reducing male, non-violent, coercively controlling behaviours. This article proposes such limitations are understood by adopting a more c... Read More about Responding to coercive control in criminal justice domestic violence perpetrator programmes in England and Wales: Conceptual, operational, and methodological complexities.

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes and Neurodiversity (2022)
Report
Renehan, N., & Fitz-Gibbon, K. (2022). Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes and Neurodiversity. UKRI Economic and Social Research Council

This is a final report on findings from the project Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes and Neurodiversity. This project is the first international study to explore the experiences and perspectives of domestic abuse practitioners who work with a... Read More about Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes and Neurodiversity.

Group Interventions (2022)
Book Chapter
Renehan, N., & Henry, O. (2022). Group Interventions. In L. Burke, N. Carr, E. Cluley, S. Collett, & F. McNeill (Eds.), Reimagining Probation Practice: Re-forming Rehabilitation in an Age of Penal Excess (59-79). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003172031-4

Group interventions in probation in England and Wales have a relatively short but controversial history; from psychoanalysis and emotional support groups throughout the rehabilitative era, to prescriptive manuals utilising cognitive behavioural techn... Read More about Group Interventions.

Applications of psychotherapy in statutory domestic violence perpetrator programmes: challenging the dominance of cognitive behavioural models (2019)
Book Chapter
Renehan, N. (2019). Applications of psychotherapy in statutory domestic violence perpetrator programmes: challenging the dominance of cognitive behavioural models. In P. Ugwudike, H. Graham, F. McNeill, P. Raynor, F. S. Taxman, & C. Trotter (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Rehabilitative Work in Criminal Justice (383-392). Routledge