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Dr Nicole Renehan's Outputs (5)

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.