Call for much-needed focus on domestic violence perpetrators

A more critical view must be taken of abusive men, urged an expert on domestic violence perpetrators.

“What we really need to do is diagnose these people,” said Don Hennessy at the launch of a new report on femicide in Ireland in Dublin yesterday.

209 women have been killed violently since 1996, with 16 children dying with their mother over the 20-year period.