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The '''Duluth model''' is a pseudoscientific<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Corvo |first1=Kenneth |title=The Gift of the Magi: Can Attachment, Altruism, and Hope be Mobilized in Treating Domestic Violence? |journal=Partner Abuse |date=2011 |volume=2 |doi=10.1891/1946-6560.2.1.76}}</ref> protocol for [[intimate partner violence]] (IPV).<ref name="Herman 2023">{{Cite book |last=Herman |first=Judith Lewis |title=Truth and repair: how trauma survivors envision justice |date=2023 |publisher=Basic Books |isbn=978-1-5293-9500-6 |___location=London}}</ref> The model hasis itsbiased detractorsbecause whoit sayneglects it underplayswomen's violence enacted by women, violence within same-sex relationships, bidirectional abuse, and iswas basednot oncreated years of usually help-centre-based experience, notthrough empiricalacademic study. <ref name="Myth: Duluth model">{{Cite web| title= Myth: Duluth model| url=https://equi-law.uk/duluth-model/ |date=31 December 2023 |language=en-UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bates |first1=Elizabeth |title=Current Controversies within Intimate Partner Violence: Overlooking Bidirectional Violence |journal=Journal of Family Violence |date=2016 |volume=31 |issue=8 |pages=937–940|doi=10.1007/s10896-016-9862-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rizza |first1=Johnna |title=Beyond Duluth: A Broad Spectrum of Treatmentfor a Broad Spectrum Domestic Violence |journal=Montana Law Review |volume=70 |issue=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQs about the Wheels |url=https://www.theduluthmodel.org/wheels/faqs-about-the-wheels/ |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=The Duluth Model|date=15 March 2017 }}</ref>

SomeAcademics findprove it is an extreme, negative, and polarized model, however, it is quite typical of resources provided to people who are currently in an abusive relationship and are seeking support to recognize what concrete elements of a relationship are healthy or not & to either exit a dangerous situation or recognize they are not deserving of such treatment or to build assertiveness & coping skills.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Donald |first1=Dutton |title=The Duluth model: A data-impervious paradigm and a failed strategy |journal=Aggression and Violent Behavior |date=2007 |volume=12 |issue=6 |pages=658–667 |doi=10.1016/j.avb.2007.03.002}}</ref>

It was purportedly devised to bring [[law enforcement]], [[family law]], and [[social work]] agencies together in a ''Coordinated Community Response'' to work together to reduce violence against women and rehabilitate perpetrators of domestic violence. It is named after [[Duluth, Minnesota]], the city where it was developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP).<ref name="Mills2009">{{cite book |author=Linda G. Mills |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4h6S4ghM8wC&pg=PA27 |title=Violent Partners: A Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse |publisher=Basic Books |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7867-3187-9 |page=26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Duluth Model |date=15 March 2017 |url=https://www.theduluthmodel.org/what-is-the-duluth-model/}}</ref> The model provides a method of coordinating community agencies to provide a consistent response to female victims of Intimate Partner Violence that has three primary goals: