An Evaluation of the South Australian Domestic and Family Violence Intervention Program (PID058)

11.17am – 11.39am NZDT, 3 March 2026 ‐ 22 mins

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The Domestic and Family Violence Intervention Program (DFVIP) is a group-based offender rehabilitation program for eligible prisoners and offenders supervised by the Department for Correctional Services (DCS). The program targets men with a demonstrated pattern of domestic violence offending and is run in both custodial and community settings. The 120-hour program was developed by DCS and first commenced in 2020. 
This presentation reports on the findings of an evaluation of the DFVIP which included data from the first four years of the program. Participants were compared with similar individuals who did not complete the program. Findings show that participants recorded a lower rate of proven and alleged domestic violence offences over an average four-year follow up period, as well as a significantly lower rate of generalised violent offending. The evaluation also showed that some of the psychometric measures recorded pre- and post-program completion showed promise as proxy indicators for elevated risk of post-treatment domestic violence reoffending.