I saw that batterers treatment programs were not working. Despite interventions, too many women and children were being murdered by their spouse or fathers. Many women and children were in prison because they had killed the perpetrator in self-defense. Agencies were clinging to their models and the funding centered on the victim only. The journalist noted that the majority of this money would go to battered women's shelters.
Funding needs to be spent in both directions.
However, I personally think the concentration of funds should go toward reshaping the consciousness of the perpetrator. There can be shelters for emergency respite but it seems as if it would be more effective to fund batterer's treatment programs to prevent domestic violence from occurring again. I hope to identify a new concept that takes the batterer out of the home, rather than the victim, and helps him deal with old patterns and behaviors to identify his own sense of self. This final integrative project will be available to purchase in April of 2000. The cost is yet to be determined, but will include printing and shipping.