The NOMAS Model for DV Offender Programs is our recommended standard for “Batterer Programs.” A NOMAS Model program is grounded in the feminist political analysis that men’s violence against women is rooted in patriarchy and male supremacy. The global dynamic of men’s violence against women is our focus. This is prerequisite to understanding intimate partner violence between those of all orientations and gender identities.

The NOMAS Model is built on social justice and social change principles, as one facet of a widespread coordinated community response to ending men’s violence against women. At the same time, the NOMAS Model best inspires and empowers individual men with the information that they need to end their abuse and treat their partner with respect, should they choose to do so.

The NOMAS Model opposes the widespread assumption that men’s violence against women is rooted in men’s trauma, experience of systemic marginalization, lack of anger/behavior management skills, or early childhood experiences.