This book describes the findings from a study that aimed to contribute to current knowledge about intimate partner violence (IPV) desistance processes. More specifically, the study examined:

• The role of female victims/survivors of IPV in male abuser desistance pathways
• Factors associated with desistance and persistence patterns of IPV
• The applicability of current desistance theories for explaining the cessation or reduction of IPV

Featuring a number of case studies, this book not only identifies key learnings for the design and delivery of IPV prevention initiatives, but points to areas where desistance frameworks may be enhanced or adapted to improve their relevance to IPV, as well as other offending behaviors.

Dr Hayley Boxall is the manager of the Violence against Women and Children Research Program at the Australian Institute of Criminology. Since joining the Institute 10 years ago, she has published extensively on domestic and family violence, and has been the primary investigator on a number of projects aimed at improving criminal justice responses to DFV and victims and survivors, and describing pathways and trajectories into DFV offending and intimate partner femicide.