Type:	Book Chapter
Title:	Human subject issues in batterer program evaluation
Other Titles:	Program evaluation and family violence research
Authors:	Gondolf, Edward W
Keywords:	Perpetrator programs;Perpetrators
Year:	2000
Publisher:	Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press
Notes:	co-published as Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Volume 4, Number 1 (#7) 2000 Discusses the major human subject issues raised in programme evaluations of perpetrator interventions and describes the ways in which these were addressed in a large, long-term perpetrator programme evaluation in the US. The main issues explored are obtaining informed consent from batterers and their partners, victim safety and tracking of female partners. It was found that while male consent might be biased by court-ordered programme expectations, female consent was determined by rapport with interviewers. Victims are at risk of harassment, threats, retaliation and stress for disclosing their partner’s behaviour. Interviewers should address the dangers derived from participating in the research and also the risks to women and children experiencing domestic violence, such as child abuse, suicide and assault by the perpetrator. Although long-term follow-up studies seeking women’s reports are required to evaluate the effectiveness of perpetrator programmes, follow-up interviews can violate a woman’s right to privacy, replicate stalking behaviours and endanger a woman. To properly address human subjects issues, uniform guidelines in the domestic violence field need to be developed.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11173
ISBN:	9780789011848
Physical description:	xvi, 317 p. ;23 cm.
Appears in Collections:	Book Chapters

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