ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I want to explore the particular difficulties involved in providing a mainstream domestic violence perpetrator programme (DVPP) to male abusers from ethnic minority communities. My aim is to do so within a wider discussion of what is currently understood in the field as safe working practice when delivering such programmes, and the wider partnership response in which such work takes place. Specifically, I draw on my practice experience of facilitating programmes at the Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP) for male perpetrators of domestic violence from a non-English speaking community in a London borough, and the questions this work raises about developing more appropriate responses to particular client groups.
