Type:	Non-Fiction
Title:	Batterer intervention systems : issues, outcomes, and recommendationsSage series on violence against women
Authors:	Gondolf, Edward W
Keywords:	Perpetrators;Interagency work;Perpetrator programs;Risk assessment
Year:	2002
Publisher:	Sage Publications
Notes:	Comprehensive overview of a large, multi-site, longitudinal evaluation of US perpetrator programmes, using a quasi-experimental research design. Discusses the many challenges in researching perpetrator programme outcomes, explores the methodological weaknesses in earlier studies of programme effectiveness and outlines the ways in which this research was designed to address these problems. Argues that programmes for perpetrators cannot be evaluated outside of the context in which they are located as they form but one part of a coordinated response to domestic violence. Uses reports of victims as the key outcome measure and combines qualitative and quantitative data. Presents outcomes including: characteristics of the men and their partners; cumulative re-assault rates and patterns of re-assault over a period of 48 months; outcomes for mandated (the majority) and voluntary participants; changes in verbal abuse, controlling behaviours and threats; and women’s reports of their perceptions of safety and quality of life. Explores the utility of batterer typologies and risk assessment tools in identifying the group of men who continued to re-assault at high and dangerous levels, and argues the importance of the ongoing management of risk. Concludes that a key lesson is that “the system matters” and presents recommendations for intervention with domestic violence perpetrators.
Contents:	Ch. 1: Introduction: the emergence of batterer programs and intervention systems; Ch. 2: Evaluating whether batterer programs work; Ch. 3: The limitations of previous evaluations; Ch. 4: Comparing batterer intervention systems; Ch. 5: The diverse characteristics of program participants and their families; Ch. 6: The de-escalation of reassault and other abuse; Ch. 7: Evidence of a program effect; Ch. 8: Difficulty in identifying the most dangerous men; Ch. 9: Conclusion the system matters
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11461
ISBN:	9780761916611
Physical description:	ix, 256 p. ; 23 cm.
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