Support programs for female victims of violence, especially those based on therapeutic approaches, offer a better understanding of sexism, the different forms of gender-based violence, the existing protective legislation, and the support services that are available to prevent and break away from abusive relationships.
Some programs also offer guidance on finances and employment, health, and temporary residence to promote women’s economic autonomy and empowerment. Another approach used is activism or awareness-raising to promote access to support services.

Child maltreatment prevention programs aim to prevent the abuse, neglect, and maltreatment of children. This type of program includes a number of sub-types which are distinguished by the specific ways and approaches adopted to implement them. These include: i. Early family/parental training/visitation programs; and ii. Child maltreatment prevention programs.

Risk Assessment in Women’s Care is based on specialized instruments for assessing the risk of intimate partner violence against women that attempt to predict the risk that a woman will suffer events of intimate partner violence in the future, as well as the imminence and severity of the risk she faces.

Financial Transfer programs include money or food transfers, either in cash or through vouchers. Initiatives of this type are usually associated with social protection programs implemented by governments, but can also consist of short-term actions in crisis contexts, such as natural disasters or conflicts, and can be implemented by NGOs. In addition, programs can be aimed directly at women or the head of the household (often represented by a man), or they may refrain from specifying this information.

Mental health redirection programs seek to suspend the prosecution of persons with mental health disorders and redirect them for participation in specific programs that, while pursuing those individuals’ accountability for their actions, attempt to reduce contact with the criminal justice system with the goal of preventing a worsening of the criminal trajectory of individuals in those situations.

This type of intervention includes systemic family therapy programs designed to develop skills and is aimed at caregivers (fathers, mothers, or others) of adolescents who have committed crimes. The therapy encourages caregivers to adopt a more proactive attitude and to monitor and supervise the adolescents, so that the strengthening of family relationships leads to positive changes in the routine and behavior of those young people.

Police Youth Redirection Programs comprise a set of strategies that the police can implement as an alternative to prosecuting young people.
Evidence indicates that an adolescent’s first contact with the justice system tends to accelerate and worsen their criminal trajectory. To reduce or at least postpone this first contact, police initiatives have been created with a focus on redirecting young people who have committed low-risk offenses (vandalism, graffiti, or theft) and have not gone through the criminal justice system.

This type of intervention encompasses prevention programs aimed at reducing perpetration and avoiding victimization in episodes of sexual violence, with particular attention to adolescent and young adult women (especially those aged 11 to 26), given the disproportionate victimization of those population groups in this type of crime.

Mentoring programs aim to forestall or change the trajectory of youth violence. By establishing a bond of trust and reciprocity between the adolescent and a reference person (mentor), they encourage problem resolution involving risk behaviors associated with youth violence.
This type of intervention takes the form of regular mentoring sessions, sometimes accompanied by internships, involvement in community activities, and direct contact with the families and schools of the adolescents taking part in the program.

The “Specialized Courts for Violence Against Women” are special courts that act in cases of domestic and family violence committed against women. Created in the United States in the 1990s, these courts have become mandatory in recent years in several Latin American and Caribbean countries as a result of the advancement of legislation aimed at preventing violence against women.