Establishing standards for stalking and domestic abuse perpetrator interventions (2nd Edition)

This piece of work was commissioned by the Home Office to develop a set of overarching principles and a national standards framework for the safe and effective provision of interventions for perpetrators of domestic abuse and perpetrators of stalking in England and Wales. It extends, updates, and therefore replaces the previous Standards for domestic abuse perpetrator interventions (Westmarland and Kelly, 2023) and was developed through extensive consultation with both the stalking and domestic abuse sectors.

The standards cover interventions that work with all types of stalking perpetrators, and interventions that work with domestic abuse perpetrators including those who do not use stalking. They apply to work/organisations funded to provide specialist interventions with perpetrators to decrease harm and increase the safety and freedom of victim-survivors.