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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Labriola, Melissa | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Davis, Robert C | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Rempel, Michael | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-07-01T00:38:08Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2022-07-01T00:38:08Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/21222 | - |
| dc.format | 127 p. | en |
| dc.language | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Center for Court Innovation | en |
| dc.subject | Perpetrators | en |
| dc.subject | Legal issues | en |
| dc.subject | Criminal justice responses | en |
| dc.title | Testing the effectiveness of batterer programs and judicial monitoring : results from a randomized trial at the Bronx misdemeanor domestic violence court | en |
| dc.type | Electronic publication | en |
| dc.identifier.catalogid | 4351 | en |
| dc.identifier.url | http://www.courtinnovation.org/_uploads/documents/battererprogramseffectiveness.pdf | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | new_record | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | Electronic publication | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | International | en |
| dc.subject.keyword | Invalid URL | en |
| dc.description.notes | General Overview: This report outlines the findings of a US study into the effectiveness of batterer programs, when combined with judicial monitoring or supervision. Contrary to their expectations, the authors found that neither batterer programs nor judicial monitoring led to a reduction in recidivism.<br/ ><br/ >Methods: The study involved a randomised trial with 420 offenders, all of whom had been convicted of a domestic violence misdemeanour and sentenced to a conditional discharge. Offenders selected for the trial were assigned to four different streams: batterer program plus monthly judicial monitoring; batterer program plus ‘graduated’ monitoring (where the frequency of court appearances changes according to the offender’s level of compliance); monthly monitoring only; and graduated monitoring only.<br/ ><br/ >The researchers compared the outcomes of the participants in the trial against each other, and against the outcomes of another group of offenders who had been sentenced to a conditional discharge involving neither a batterer program nor monitoring.<br/ ><br/ >In addition to tracking the outcomes for the offenders who participated in the study, the researchers conducted 106 interviews with victims, contacted one year after sentencing.<br/ ><br/ >Results: The study found that neither the batterer programs nor judicial monitoring led to a reduction in the likelihood of re-arrest, although judicial monitoring resulted in a small reduction in the total number of domestic violence re-arrests. Similarly, the form of judicial monitoring did not appear to impact on the likelihood of re-arrest.<br/ ><br/ >Victims’ reports of re-abuse mirrored the re-arrest data. The study found that participation in a batterer program or judicial monitoring did not impact on victims’ reports of re-abuse. However, one beneficial outcome was that victims whose partners were assigned to a batterer program reported greater satisfaction with the sentence than those who did not.<br/ ><br/ >Conclusion: The study raises questions as to the effectiveness of batterer programs, which the authors note have become a standard court response to domestic violence. The authors are more qualified in their conclusions regarding the effectiveness of judicial monitoring, noting that a more rigorous form of supervision than that used at the Bronx site may have produced different outcomes.<br/ ><br/ >In light of their findings, the authors recommend experimentation with more rigorous judicial monitoring, greater emphasis on accountability rather than rehabilitation in batterer programs, and a renewed focus on victim services. | en |
| dc.date.entered | 2010-10-08 | en |
| dc.publisher.place | New York | en |
| dc.description.physicaldescription | 127 p. | en |
| Appears in Collections: | Online resource | |
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| battererprogramseffectiveness.pdf | battererprogramseffectiveness.pdf | 1.64 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |
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