The phrase "abuse perpetrators" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing individuals or groups who commit acts of abuse, whether physical, emotional, or psychological.
Example: "The report highlighted the need for better support systems for victims while also addressing the rehabilitation of abuse perpetrators."
Alternatives: "abusers" or "offenders of abuse".
She said: "It is vital that officers have a thorough understanding of coercive control and consistent training available to them, so they are able to understand how domestic abuse perpetrators behave and read abusive situations accordingly".
That belief is underlined by 'From Boys to Men', a three-year research project led by Manchester University criminologist Professor David Gadd, which aims to explore "why some boys become domestic abuse perpetrators when others do not".
The third option - proactive disclosure - is the one favoured by Acpo, which estimates there could be some 25,000 serial domestic abuse perpetrators UK-wide.
Many stalkers and domestic abuse perpetrators are serial offenders, she says, and introducing a Stalkers Register in the UK would track and manage such individuals: "The Stalkers Register is vital to protect women and girls from serious harm and homicide".
Data from other jurisdictions indicate that over two-thirds of child sexual abuse perpetrators are family members or acquaintances [ 43].
Future research with sex workers, including that related to HIV, will benefit from clarification of abuse perpetrators.
It is evident that not all victims of sexual abuse become perpetrators, and not all perpetrators have experienced childhood abuse which suggests that the experience of sexual abuse appears to be neither a necessary nor sufficient condition for committing a sex crime (Salter et al. 2003).
They must also come down heavily on incidents of racial, religious or other abuse, letting perpetrators – however young – know that this behaviour is unacceptable and will be punished.
"One participant in Melbourne, for example, said that racial discrimination legislation was ineffective in protecting against anti-Muslim abuse because perpetrators would simply claim, 'I'm not a racist; Islam is not a race'".
"Children often feel that they caused abuse, and perpetrators sometimes put the blame on the child," Bowers said.
Together, findings clarify important distinctions in the nature of abuse across perpetrators, thus extending past research demonstrating significant burden of violence against women in sex work.
