Research Roundtable 3 - Black Minority Ethnic (BME) Domestic Violence Perpetrators
Black Minority Ethnic (BME) Domestic Violence Perpetrators
Respect believes that BME perpetrators needs are not being adequately
addressed, and that ultimately impacts on the safety of their
ex/partners and children. Therefore we decided to hold a Research
Roundtable on this issue, in order to bring together key academics from
the UK and USA, and UK practitioners to discuss the issues and
implications, and to find a possible way forward to address the gap in
UK research and practice. Respect were considering the following
questions; How should mainstream perpetrator programmes ensure that
their services meet the needs of BME perpetrators? And what research is
needed to inform practice developments in the UK?
We were fortunate to have Professor Oliver Williams from the Institute
on Domestic Violence in the African American Community (IDVAAC) in
Minnesota, USA to come over and share his vast experience as a
practitioner and academic. Oliver’s life’s work has been focused on BME
domestic violence perpetrators.
We also invited Poonam Joshi from Amnesty International and Dr Aisha
Gill from Imkaan, to give an overview of issues surrounding Black
Minority Ethnic (BME) women in the UK suffering domestic violence.
Download: Agenda final.doc
Download: Oliver Williams slides.ppt
Download: Poonam Joshi & Aisha Gill slides.ppt
Download: O Williams Safe Return Innitiative.ppt