do you think that family violence is caused by alcohol. Alcohol...

do you think that family violence is caused by alcohol. Alcohol simply reduces inhibitions so if someone becomes violent when they’ve been drinking, quite likely they are angry humans. If they use alcohol as a crutch in their lives then there are underlying issues as well. These are drivers of violence and abuse.
Further not all incidents are fuelled by alcohol. Failure, inadequacy, a need to be the big man or in control, rejection. Tie your pick or add whatever.

So let’s imagine we put those controls (punishments) in place - what next. They go back to their partner and the cycle starts. There’s more then one way of getting alcohol and they will sure as hell be angry with their partner for getting in their way

or their partner has to go through the process of separation with angry person. That’s no fun either.

what mens behaviour change programs are based on is that men have to want a functional relationship (and most do). And then they have to be prepared to look at their role and behaviour. Few men attend these sessions voluntarily. Most attend because there is a police order that requires it.

this is the result of a longitudinal study conducted by Monash university

https://research.monash.edu/en/publications/a-study-of-the-impact-on-men-amp-their-partners-in-the-short-term#:~:text=Immediately%20after%20program%20completion%20the,the%20numbers%20had%20fallen%20again.


The Longitudinal Study on the Impact of Men’s Behaviour Change Programs onProgram Participants, instigated and funded by Violence Free Families and carried out by members of the Department of Social Work, Monash University, is unique in both the Australian and international context.The findings are optimistic. The majority of the men who completed the programs did change in the short term and in the long term. The men did not shift their violence from one form to another; the violence was reduced in all areas. Immediately after program completion the numbers of men inflicting violence fell by half across all 15 items of violent behaviour measured. One year after program completion the numbers had reduced further. Two years after program completion the numbers had fallen again. No men were inflicting violence in 8 areas of violence, 3% of men or less were inflicting it in 3 areas of violence and 10-26% were inflicting violence in the remaining areas.The trajectory of violence was an initial sharp fall immediately on programcompletion, followed by further reductions one year later and reductions yet again two years later. In summary, some 65% of the men who completed the program and stage 2 of the study were either violence free or almost violence free two years after they competed their program

that suggests it’s probably an approach that has better outcomes and fewer detrimental unintended consequences