Printable Power And Control Wheel

Developed As Part Of The Duluth Model, This Wheel Illustrates The Patterns Of Behaviour That Define Abusive Relationships, Such As Emotional Abuse, Isolation, Financial Control, And Physical Violence.

Apart from physical and sexual violence, the diferent forms of abuse can be dificult to identify. Using themselves, or minimizing, economic name calling. Here are some examples of physical, verbal, and sexual abuse and violence. Together this system of behaviors builds barriers to a woman's escape.

Power And Control Wheel The Outside Of This Wheel Shows The Types Of Domestic Violence And The Inside Shows The Ways An Abuser Maintains Power And Control Over You.

The wheel is drawn with violence as the outer rim and the other behaviors as spokes. The power & control diagram is a particularly helpful tool in understanding the overall pattern of abusive and violent behaviors, which are used by a batterer to establish and maintain control over his or her partner. The power and control wheel describes the behaviors that are used together as a system in violent relationships. The power and control wheel developed by the domestic abuse intervention project in deluth, minnesota shows the various tactics of abuse that batterers use to control their partners.

Just Like A Wheel, They Depend Upon And Reinforce Each Other.

The power & control wheel is one tool used to understand the patern of behaviors in abusive relationships. This is why “power and control” are at the center of the wheel. In an abusive or violent relationship, power and control are repeatedly misused against a girlfriend, boyfriend, family member, or peer. Check if your patient is going through domestic abuse by helping them identify abusive behaviors with the power and control wheel.