The aim of the theses is to introduce the work with perpetrators of violence in the north-eastern part of Slovenia. I am interested in the opinion of the professional workers that are working with perpetrators of violence on what kind of changes ought to be implemented to improve their work. As I am interested in narrative descriptions, I decided to use the qualitative research method rather than the quantitative. In the theoretical part, the term violence is introduced with emphasis on intimate partner violence followed by presentation of the dynamics of violence, the cycle of violence and the seriousness of the violence. I continue with the chapter on the legal basis for working with violence perpetrators in Slovenia and than I focus on the paper’s main subject: perpetrators of the violence and working with them. I define the term perpetrators of violence and include a brief overview of the history of working with violence perpetrators. Some principles and goals of working together with violence perpetrators were introduced that the programme providers should incorporate into their work. The aim of the paper was to underline that proper training is necessary to be able to deal with violence perpetrators, therefore, this issue was addressed in the chapter Knowledge and Behaviour. Furthermore, non-violent communication and the importance of preventive programmes to avoid violent episodes were discussed. In the empirical part, the results of the study are presented. Our study includes six professional workers that work with violence perpetrators; most of them are women, one participant is a coordinator for violence prevention. Before the start, we determined three research questions that acted as our reference points in our interviews. The subjects discussed were the process of working with violence perpetrators, motivation and potential obstacles that can hamper the working process and changes that were necessary to achieve greater results. It was determined that most professional workers cooperate with violence perpetrators in a similar way. After a filed report or a notification, the workers establish contact with violence perpetrators via a telephone call. They introduce themselves and explain the reason for calling and invite them to a conversation. Violence perpetrators mainly respond to the first invitation, which they use to defend their actions; further cooperation depends on the individual’s motivation for seeking help. The approaches of professional workers differed only in certain work principles and the various experience they have working with violence perpetrators. With some advisors, violence perpetrators were more likely to seek help afterwards and to continue with other programmes. The results have shown that the work process is greatly affected by the violence perpetrator’s attitude towards their participation in the programmes. Moreover, our findings indicated very different needs to achieve better success. On the basis of our study, we tried to join our results with the theoretical findings presented in the first part of our paper. While our results mostly coincided with the theoretical findings, there were some differences as well. On the basis of the results of our study, we also provided some substantive proposals and suggested further research possibilities.
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