How Domestic Abuse Perpetrators Manipulate Systems and Professionals

‘Domestic abuse perpetrator manipulation of systems and professionals is a critical problem that undermines responses to victims of domestic abuse and deeply impacts adult and child survivors in many ways. Perpetrators manipulate systems to bolster their own power and abuse and to control victims further’

(David Mandel, Anna Mitchell, Ruth Sterns Mandel

Safe and Together Institute)

This briefing will focus on:

• The systems and professionals’ perpetrators target and how these interact
• The types of behaviours perpetrators use to manipulate systems and professionals
• The specific tactics used against systems and professionals and the unique vulnerabilities.
• Five steps systems and professionals can use to protect themselves against these behaviours.

This briefing is for professionals committed to partnering with and protecting adult and child victims of domestic abuse and intervening with perpetrators to tackle this aspect of coercive control.