Coordinating Community Responses to Domestic Violence – Lessons from Duluth and Beyond


Melanie Shepard, Ellen Pence

The ‘Duluth Model’ is a widely disseminated approach to community-based intervention in domestic violence. This authoritative and comprehensive volume examines how to develop a response to domestic violence using the Model. Key issues addressed include: enhancing networking among service providers; building monitoring and tracking systems; developing a supportive infrastructure for victims; providing sanctions and rehabilitation opportunities; addressing the needs of children; and evaluating the effectiveness of community response.

ISBN 9780761911241 (Sage Publications, 1999)