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CAM — Florence's Voluntary and Court-Referred Programme for Men Who Use Violence

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Evidence: Observational / pre–post Top 26% 85/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Italy's first perpetrator centre (Florence, 2009) runs groups for men who use partner violence. An EU study of 30 men and 22 partners found significant falls in violence and police calls by 6-month follow-up.

30
Men surveyed
22
Partners surveyed
CAM — Florence's Voluntary and Court-Referred Programme for Men Who Use Violence

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Centro di Ascolto Uomini Maltrattanti (CAM)
Period
2009–present (IMPACT evaluation published 2022)
Keywords
gender-based violence, perpetrator intervention, social services, EU IMPACT toolkit

Context

CAM (Centro Ascolto Uomini Maltrattanti), opened in Florence in 2009, was Italy's first centre for men who use partner violence and is now the hub of RELIVE, Italy's national perpetrator-programme network.

Results

CAM's 2022 IMPACT Report, using the EU-funded IMPACT Toolkit, surveyed 30 men and 22 (ex-)partners at four time points and found statistically significant, partner-corroborated decreases in violent behaviours and police calls, and a significant fall in partner-reported fear, anxiety and depression.

Conclusions

This is a single-site, small-sample, self-report evaluation with no untreated comparison group, so it shows within-programme change rather than a controlled causal effect.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
telephone-intake and risk-assessment staff, psychoeducational group facilitators, partner-contact/safety-planning staff

Conditions for success

  • parallel contact with (ex-)partners for safety planning and corroboration
  • combination of mandatory referral and voluntary self-referral intake

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes CERV — Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values

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