Gary Thandi

This article outlines effective intervention strategies for probation officers working with South Asian men in British Columbia, Canada, who have assaulted their partners. It is part of a larger qualitative research study aimed at determining effective intervention strategies for frontline personnel that work with South Asian men, as well as deter- mining effective prevention strategies aimed at policy makers and members of South Asian communities. Seventeen in-depth interviews were conducted with South Asian frontline workers that included police officers, probation officers, counsellors, child protection workers and victim service workers. The audio-taped data was transcribed and analysed by identification of themes and subthemes. Probation officers need to respect their clients’ cultural values while still holding these men accountable for their behaviour. Interventions that address patriarchal attitudes, the stressors arising out of immigration/acculturation, influence of extended family, and substance abuse were identified as being key factors in changing behaviour.

culture; domestic violence; immigration; intimate partner violence; South Asia; substance abuse

2012

article

Probation Journal

0264-5505

Sage Publicatons

Thousand Oaks, CA

2012

59

3

219

234

10.1177/0264550512448451

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0264550512448451

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