On the Duluth Model

shrodingerstherapist · 2013-12-06T20:22:57+00:00

The Duluth Model is based on a "violence is patriarchal" model. The model focuses solely on the men's use of violence in abusive relationships, rather than on the behavior of all parties concerned. [...] Donald Dutton, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia who has studied abusive personalities, states: "The Duluth Model was developed by people who didn't understand anything about therapy."⁵

5th_Law_of_Robotics · 2013-12-06T19:53:44+00:00

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DougDante · 2013-12-07T02:28:32+00:00

Read directly from the Duluth Model web site:

The Duluth Curriculum Doesn’t Account for Women’s Violence

As earlier stated, there is a growing movement of practitioners who maintain that women areas violent as men or that women share responsibility for the violence. These practitioners often insist that domestic violence is a relationship problem and that marriage counseling should be an option for couples.The Duluth curriculum is designed for male perpetrators. In Duluth, a separate court-deferral program called Crossroads was designed for women who use illegal violence against the men who batter them(Asmus 2004). Most women arrested in Duluth have been able to document to the court a history of abuse against them by the person they have assaulted (past calls to 911 for help,protection orders, previous assaults, etc.). Those women who use violence against a partner with no history of that partner abusing them are not eligible for the Crossroadsd iversion program,but face the same consequences as male offenders after a conviction, i.e.,a jail sentence or counseling in lieu of jail. The vast majority of women arrested in Duluth for domestic assaults are being battered by the person they assault. Most, but not all, are retaliating against an abusive spouse or are using violence in self-defense. The notion that battered women share responsibility for the violence used against them because of provocative words or actions is a dangerous form of collusion with men who batter (Mills 2003). We do not accept that these women should complete a batterers’ program. We do agree that there are a small number of women who use violence resulting in police action against their partners without themselves being abused.This is not a social problem requiring institutional organizing in the way that men’s violence against women is. For these women, a separate gender-specific counseling program may be appropriate.

Countering Confusion About the Duluth Model

The Duluth Model treats men and women differently.

I think they let their own gender politics get in the way of treating male victims, and like victims of the Spanish inquisition, only those men who are most pure, who are completely faultless, are allowed to not be treated as abusers, but never as victims.

What happens to female abusers? Essentially the only women who are recognized as abusers are those who are simply too thick to lie are punished. And you can bet they get ample encouragement and hints as to what the correct course of action is.

(There is also a bit more on the Duluth model in the FAQ. More is required).

7Vega · 2013-12-06T18:48:56+00:00

An example from Ohio law.

If the offender who committed the aggravated assault is not the primary physical aggressor, the officer is not required to arrest that offender or any other person who committed an offense during the incident but may arrest any of them pursuant to section 2935.03 of the Revised Code and detain them pursuant to that section until a warrant can be obtained.

http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2935.032

rightsbot · 2013-12-06T18:38:17+00:00

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Bartab · 2013-12-07T00:39:52+00:00

In this sub, I've seen a lot of talk about how the Duluth Model requires police to arrest men who are victims of domestic violence, even if they're the ones who called it in because they fear from their female partners.

It's not quite that. The Duluth model calls for taking the person who is least upset. This doesn't mean arrest, but it invariably means the man gets taken away.

Then they leave the most upset person, alone, with all the mutual possessions.

Title	On the Duluth Model
Author	TheCameraLady
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Date	December 6, 2013 6:37 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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