Perpetrator Intervention Program Completion Certificates are Dangerous
By David Mandel, Executive Director - Safe & Together Institue, 2020
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How can a piece of paper be dangerous?
Perpetrator intervention program completion certificates are dangerous for adult and child survivors, argues David Mandell.
How can a piece of paper be dangerous?
It can be dangerous when it convinces a judge or magistrate to grant a perpetrator unsafe access to children. It can be dangerous when it convinces a survivor to give a perpetrator another chance that he doesn’t deserve. It can be dangerous when it communicates to a perpetrator a false sense that he has done all the work he needs to do to change.
