Power and Control

In 2012, the South Dakota Coalition Ending Domestic & Sexual Violence created three new tools: the Battering Triangle, Equality Wheel, and Violence/ Non-violence Tree, based upon the work of Sacred Circle & DAIP of Duluth. A number of years prior, the then Sacred Circle, National Resource Center To End Violence Against Native Women, revised the Power and Control Wheel created by the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.

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Violence-Non-Violence Tree.pdf

In 2012, the South Dakota Coalition Ending Domestic & Sexual Violence created three new tools: the Battering Triangle, Equality Wheel, and Violence/ Non-violence Tree, based upon the work of Sacred Circle & DAIP of Duluth. A number of years prior, the then Sacred Circle, National Resource Center To End Violence Against Native Women, revised the Power and Control Wheel created by the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project.

Link to file: 

Battering Triangle.pdf

The Power & Control Wheel was developed from the experiences of women and men with disabilities in Austin, Texas who were abused by an intimate partner.  Information and experiences were collected through focus groups with women and men with disabilities in 2008.

To download this resource, please visit: http://www.safeplace.org/disabilitywheels

This article, written by Bonnie Brandl, was published in Generations, the Quarterly Journal of the Amercian Society on Aging, Summer 2000, XXIV, 2, 39-45.

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Power and Control Understanding DA in Later Life.pdf

This power and control wheel was specifically designed with people with developmental disabilities in mind. The wheel lists many abusive behaviors as well as positive behaviors shown by caregivers.

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P&C_Wheel_Disabilities.pdf