“Can a leopard really change its spots?” “Does everyone deserve a second chance?” “Do perpetrator programmes work?” These are some of the questions we are being asked this week as we release findings from a programme of research five years in the making – Project Mirabal. 

Please click on the following link to view the paper: http://theconversation.com/leopards-cant-change-their-spots-but-domestic-violence-programmes-do-change-lives-36157