Dallas’s Family Place is seeing success with a program that targets perpetrators of domestic abuse instead of victims.
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A Dallas program hopes to break the cycle of domestic violence.
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It focuses on the offenders and changing violent behaviors.
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Leaders at The Family Place say they’ve seen great success. Only about 1% of people reoffend after leaving the program.
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A Dallas program hopes to break the cycle of domestic violence.
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It focuses on the offenders and changing violent behaviors.
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Leaders at The Family Place say they’ve seen great success. Only about 1% of people reoffend after leaving the program.
DALLAS—A domestic violence program that targets perpetrators rather than victims is working well at The Family Place in Dallas.
The Battering Intervention and Prevention Program, or BIPP, is the name of the special initiative.
Tiffany Tate, the president and CEO of The Family Place, stated, “The battering and intervention program is a program that’s designed for offenders to change their abusive behaviors if they choose.”
The court-mandated program teaches batterers how to recognize, confront, and modify their violent habits using the Duluth Change habits curriculum.
“We have to normalize just love and tenderness in people who use abuse as a control tactic,” Tate stated.
By the Numbers: In 2023, 26,000 calls were sent to The Family Place’s hotline by individuals who needed supportive services or were escaping domestic abuse.
Just under 1% of the 30 women and 285 men who participated in the BIPP program last year committed new crimes.
“We look at internally how many people return to our program and how many victims are re-offended by people that were in our program, and our recidivism rate is about 1%,” Tate stated.
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What People Are Saying: For 30 weeks, a former offender who goes by Michael is undergoing rigorous, 90-minute group counseling sessions.
“There was a cycle in the period prior to my program. After all, I was arrested more than once, and each time it happened within a year and a half. I haven’t gotten in a fight with the police once since I joined the program,” he stated.
Michael claimed that because of BIPP, he has changed his conduct and feels like a better man now.
“People who participate in the program get what they put in. You’re going to accomplish anything if you truly follow the instructions and are totally honest with yourself, right? It is possible for you to interrupt that cycle, not only for yourself but also for everyone who comes into contact with you. “Change can happen,” he declared.
Go Further:Go to www.familyplace.org to find out more about The Family Place or to receive assistance.
Visit www.familyplace.org/services/ourservices#service12 for details about BIPP.
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Shaun Rabb of FOX 4 interviewed Michael, the head of The Family Place in Dallas and a former offender, for this story.
Shaun Rabb of FOX 4 interviewed Michael, the head of The Family Place in Dallas and a former offender, for this story.
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