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In Duluth, Minnesota, after a brutal domestic homicide in 1980, the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project discovered a community prepared to experiment with new practices to tackle the problem of men's violence toward their intimate partners (Pence & Paymar, 1993). The Domestic Abuse Intervention Project spent months going to different educational groups for women and asked them what was going on in their abusive relationships and what types of things they would want their partner to change. From those discussions with the women, the DAIP created the Power and Control Wheel in 1984 (Pence & Aravena, 2010; What is the Duluth Model, 2011). The Power and Control Wheel is a significant part of the Duluth Model; it features eight sections: using children, male privilege, economic abuse, coercion and threats, intimidation, emotional abuse, isolation, and minimizing, denying, and blaming. Using children is specified as the batterer using the children to relay certain messages, using visitation to harass the battered woman, or threatening to take the children away. Using male privilege is specified as being the one to define the roles of men and women, making all the important decisions for the family, or treating the woman like a servant. Some examples of economic abuse is when the batterer will only give the woman an allowance, taking her money away, or keeping her from getting or maintaining a job. Examples of using coercion and threats include the batterer threatening to leave the woman or threatening to commit suicide or hurt her or her family. Using intimidation is specified as using gestures, looks, or actions to make the woman afraid or evening hurting pets and destroying property. Emotional abuse can include calling the woman na... ... middle of paper ... ...analysis of the achievements and unintended consequences of Batterer Intervention Programs and discourse. Journal of Family Violence, 17(2), 167-184. Pence, E., & Aravena, L. (2010). Discussing the Duluth curriculum: Creating a process of change for men who batter. Violence Against Women, 16(9), 1007-1021. Pence, E., & Paymar, M. (1993). Domestic violence information manual. The Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project: The Manual. Retrieved March 25, 2014, from http://www.eurowrc.org/05.education/education_en/12.edu_en.htm Stover, C. S., Meadows, A. L., & Kaufman, J. (2009). Interventions for intimate partner violence: Review and implications for evidence-based practice. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 40(3), 223-233. What is the Duluth Model. (2011). The Duluth Model. Retrieved March 11, 2014, from http://www.theduluthmodel.org/about/index.html

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