Stoke Newington Town Hall, Stoke Newington Church Street, Hackney, London N16 0JR

The conferences will mark the end of our longitudinal research into domestic violence perpetrator programmes – Project Mirabal. Both conferences will be exactly the same, with the same programme and speakers, to facilitate attendee geographics. One is being held in London on 13th January 2015 (Stoke Newington Town Hall) and the other in Durham, on 15th January 2015 (Durham Town Hall).

The morning sessions (at both London and Durham) start at 9.30am and will comprise of a series of lectures by the Project Mirabal team, including Professor Liz Kelly (London Metropolitan University), Professor Nicole Westmarland (Durham University), and Dr Natasha Howard (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). We will also be joined in the morning by Respect, who coordinated the research advisory group.

We will be joined for the afternoon session (at both London and Durham) by Professor Catherine Donovan (Sunderland University) and Dr Rebecca Barnes (Leicester University) who will talk about their work Hidden from view: LGB and/or T perpetrators and the challenges they pose to the gendered story about domestic violence and abuse; by Professor David Gadd (Manchester University) on Intersectionality in Young Men’s Accounts of Domestic Violence Perpetration, and by Sinéad Bloomfield, Chartered Psychologist, National Offender Management Service, talking about Domestic violence perpetrator programmes in the English and Welsh Criminal Justice System. The journey so far.

Project Mirabal is supported by grants from the ESRC, Northern Rock Foundation, and LankellyChase Foundation.

Both conferences are free to attend, however places are limited, therefore attendance is via registration only.(*)

For further information about the London event please contact Aruna Dudhia, cwasu@londonmet.ac.uk

For further information about the Durham event, please contact Pauline Harrison, durham.criva@durham.ac.uk

(*) Register online at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/domestic-violence-perpetrators-changing-the-story-tickets-12930289845 – NB password is Mirabal

Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU)

Based within the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at London Metropolitan University, CWASU is recognised as a centre of excellence, with an international reputation for research, evaluation, training and consultancy. Established in 1987, we have over two decades of experience in conducting independent feminist research that creates useful knowledge for policy makers, practitioners, survivors, supporters and activists. CWASU is the only research unit in Europe that integrates a focus on all forms of violence against women and child abuse. We have been at the forefront of developing innovative methodologies, and continue to explore new ways of creating and analysing knowledge.

Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA)

Based within the School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA) is dedicated to improving knowledge about interpersonal violence and abuse and to improving professional and societal responses. As such, the Centre has research impact at its core. Professors Westmarland and Hackett both have backgrounds in the voluntary sector – working towards ending violence and abuse in society – and this is a driving force in the work of CRiVA.

December 18, 2014