Information in English

Alternative to Violence (ATV):

ATV is a professional research and treatment centre in Norway for violent offenders and people witnessing or being exposed to violence. ATV is located in Oslo, Drammen, Langesund, Tønsberg, Stavanger, Kristiansand and Asker&Bærum (Norwegian) and also in Mariehamn (Åland), Roskilde (Denmark) and Täby & Kalmar (Sweden)

ATV is an NGO with funding from several municipalities, from the Norwegian government and from other organizations/legacies

ATV started in 1987, as the first treatment centre for male batterers in Europe.

ATV has 3 main goals:

• Treatment
  
• Education
  
• Research

ATV consists of the following projects (as of 2009):

Treatment of men who are violent towards their partner (and/or children) [1987]
Treatment of women who are violent towards their partner (and/or children) [1996]
Treatment of women exposed to intimate violence [1999]
Treatment of men exposed to intimate violence [2000]
Treatment of children experiencing violence in their family [2004]
Research on violence and ATVs treatment programmes [2004]
Treatment of men and women at ATV with alchohol/drug related problems [2007]

Former projects:

Treatment of violent girls (10-18 years old) [2005-2006]

Treatment of men sentenced for violent crimes [2005-2007]

Treatment of women living at Oslo Crisis Shelter [2001-2004]

Treatment of violent youth (10-18 years old) [1999-2004]

Treatment of drug addicts with violence problems [1999-2007]

Treatment of men & women from ethnic minorities [2005-2007]

Contact information
Alternative to Violence (ATV)
Address: Lilletorget 1, 0184 Oslo Norway
Telephone: +47-22 40 11 10
Fax: +47-22 40 11 11
E-mail: post@atv-stiftelsen.no
Homepage: http://www.atv-stiftelsen.no