Type:	Journal Article
Title:	A research evaluation of British programmes for violent men
Other Titles:	Journal of social policy
Authors:	Dobash, Russell P Lewis, Ruth Cavanagh, Kate Dobash, R. Emerson
Keywords:	Perpetrators;Counselling;Criminal justice responses;Legal issues
Year:	1999
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Citation:	28 (2), 1999
Notes:	A study which compared the effects of two Scottish court-mandated men’s programmes with other more orthodox forms of criminal justice intervention such as fines, admonishment, traditional probation and prison. Outlines methodological problems in studies evaluating programmes for violent men. This study’s methodology included both men and women partners as respondents and four new indices were developed to study ‘violence’, ‘injuries’, ‘controlling behaviour’ and ‘quality of life’ for men and women. They found that, in contrast to other criminal justice sanctions, programmes for violent men can have significant effects on the prevalence and frequency of violence over a 12-month period following the imposition of a sanction. They argue that their results point to the need for court-mandated treatment, since the programmes studied suffered little attrition, a common problem for many programmes.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/13169
ISSN:	472794
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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