Higher-risk offenders, including those assessed as more likely to reoffend, are brought into the EQUIPS Domestic Abuse Program run by Dubbo Community Corrections.

It is part of a shift towards recognition of the need to work with perpetrators to tackle the problem, in addition to providing support and intervention for victims.

Dubbo is the 12th-worst place in NSW for domestic violence, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) data shows.

On the eve of Wednesday's White Ribbon Day - a national, male-led campaign to end men's violence against women - Dubbo Community Corrections manager Narelle Jeffrey told of her team's commitment to the work they were doing to reduce domestic violence and to working with men who had offended.

"In recent years the big thing that's been changing is the recognition that we can't tackle domestic violence without giving perpetrators the opportunity to change," she said.

"We can't just concentrate on support and intervention for victims.

"We also have to provide intervention opportunities for men who are violent toward their partners to allow them to learn different ways of resolving marital conflict without resorting to violence.

"That's not to detract from the important work of supporting victims.

"The shift has been about the recognition of the need to work with men who offend, because many women choose to remain in the relationship."

Lorraine Holland, program development officer with Community Corrections' offender program unit, said the 20-session program run across 10 weeks was about looking at what underpinned the men's behaviour.

It used cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), looked at the core beliefs and also at victim impact, she said.

"We work across a lot of areas that are linked together because there's no one thing that we can say in isolation this is the thing that creates the problem," she said.

Program participants also had regular one-to-one intervention with their Community Corrections officer and after-hours home visits were carried out, Ms Jeffrey reported.

The manager said there were encouraging signs about the effectiveness of the program.

At the end of the most recent program many participants were eager to continue the work they had been doing and wanting to know where else they could go for support when they were "feeling at risk of doing something untoward and have that really frank discussion", Ms Jeffrey said.

Some participants had also attended the recent Reclaim the Night march at Dubbo, she reported.

"Some participants had felt it important they re-affirm their commitment that they're going to stop violence against women," she said.

"And we candidly say to them it's the responsibility of all men to stand up and to have that stance.

"And while yes you have offended in the past, you're working on those issues and it's important you make those pledges for the future and that you're no longer going to be perpetrator of violence against your partner.

"So that's good.

"We had men come up to us at the domestic violence prevention collective stall at the DREAM Festival and just their commitment to be there with their partner and to come into that stall and to support her as she was having a bit of a look around was encouraging.

"Because we want to make it that it's not that secret, that it's okay to seek help and to seek assistance - both for victims and also for perpetrators."