Sir Owen Glenn’s report into child abuse and domestic violence has found that perpetrators associated their violence with alcohol and drug use.
The study involved 26 people, almost all of them men, who had not been violent within the previous year.
The report found most thought violence in the home was acceptable and that half had to stop or cut back on their drinking in order to stop being violent.
The report’s author, Michael Roguski, said distorted views of masculinity were strongly associated with the normalisation of violence.
His recommendations included increasing peer-based stopping violence programmes and more specialised training for mental health professionals. Continue reading