Batterer intervention systems : issues, outcomes, and recommendations / Edward W. Gondolf.
"This volume answers the need for digestible and convenient multi-evaluation systems and will likely stimulate and broaden discussion about batterer intervention and significantly aid in ending men's violence toward women."--Jacket.
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Thousand Oaks :
Sage Publications,
[2002]
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| Series: | Sage series on violence against women.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Emergence of Batterer Programs and Intervention Systems
- The Response to Domestic Violence
- Batterer Programs
- Our Multisite Evaluation
- Evaluation Issues
- Evaluating Whether Batterer Programs Work
- Do Batterer Programs Work?
- The Need for Batterer Program Evaluation
- Problems Facing Evaluation
- Trade-Offs of Research Designs
- The Limitations of Previous Evaluations
- Previous Evaluations
- Experimental Evaluations
- Comparing Batterer Intervention Systems
- Research Design
- Program Sites
- Measures and Procedures
- Outcomes and Implications
- The Diverse Characteristics of Program Participants and Their Partners
- Characteristics of the Men
- Characteristics of the Female Partners
- Atypical Cases
- The De-Escalation of Reassault and Other Abuse
- Cumulative Reassault
- Reassault Among Special Groups
- Reassault Trends
- Other Abuse
- Implications
- Evidence of a Program Effect
- Program Effect
- Defining Dropout
- Avoiding Reassault
- Program Comparison
- Program Costs
- Difficulty in Identifying the Most Dangerous Men
- Risk Markers
- Batterer Types
- Repeat Reassault
- Research and Policy Recommendations
- Conclusion: The System Matters
- The Major Findings From Our Evaluation
- Limitations and Alternatives
- Program and Policy Recommendations.