Research Article
Have access already?
Get access to this article:
Or get access to the particular issue:
- Perpetual access Add to cart ($49.95)
Or get access to the entire journal:
Abstract
In the United States, the judicial system response to violence between intimate partners, or intimate partner violence (IPV), typically mandates that adjudicated perpetrators complete a batterer intervention program (BIP). The social science data has found that these programs, on the whole, are only minimally effective in reducing rates of IPV. The authors examined the social science literature on the characteristics and efficacy of BIPs. More than 400 studies were considered, including a sweeping, recently conducted survey of BIP directors across the United States and Canada. Results of this review indicate that the limitations of BIPs are due, in large part, to the limitations of current state standards regulating these programs and, furthermore, that these standards are not grounded in the body of empirical research evidence or best practices. The authors, all of whom have considerable expertise in the area of domestic violence perpetrator treatment, conducted an exhaustive investigation of the following key intervention areas: overall effectiveness of BIPs; length of treatment/length of group sessions; number of group participants and number of facilitators; group format and curriculum; assessment protocol and instruments; victim contact; modality of treatment; differential treatment; working with female perpetrators; working with perpetrators in racial and ethnic minority groups; working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) perpetrators; perpetrator treatment and practitioner–client relationships; and required practitioner education and training. Recommendations for evidence-based national BIP standards were made based on findings from this review.
Period | Abstract | Full | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 2024 | 249 | 0 | 1 | 250 |
Mar 2024 | 150 | 3 | 4 | 157 |
Feb 2024 | 168 | 0 | 1 | 169 |
Jan 2024 | 292 | 0 | 1 | 293 |
Dec 2023 | 140 | 0 | 0 | 140 |
Nov 2023 | 218 | 2 | 5 | 225 |
Oct 2023 | 171 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
Sep 2023 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
Aug 2023 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 115 |
Jul 2023 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
Jun 2023 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
May 2023 | 204 | 2 | 1 | 207 |
Apr 2023 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 166 |
Mar 2023 | 210 | 2 | 2 | 214 |
Feb 2023 | 131 | 1 | 1 | 133 |
Jan 2023 | 156 | 2 | 1 | 159 |
Dec 2022 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 111 |
Nov 2022 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 259 |
Oct 2022 | 332 | 0 | 0 | 332 |
Sep 2022 | 122 | 2 | 1 | 125 |
Aug 2022 | 112 | 1 | 1 | 114 |
Jul 2022 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 136 |
Jun 2022 | 127 | 0 | 1 | 128 |
May 2022 | 175 | 3 | 1 | 179 |
Apr 2022 | 173 | 2 | 3 | 178 |
Mar 2022 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 186 |
Feb 2022 | 136 | 0 | 1 | 137 |
Jan 2022 | 101 | 0 | 1 | 102 |
Dec 2021 | 144 | 1 | 1 | 146 |
Nov 2021 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
Oct 2021 | 171 | 1 | 1 | 173 |
Sep 2021 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
Aug 2021 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 74 |
Jul 2021 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
Jun 2021 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
May 2021 | 244 | 2 | 2 | 248 |
Apr 2021 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 310 |
Mar 2021 | 272 | 6 | 0 | 278 |
Feb 2021 | 150 | 12 | 0 | 162 |
Jan 2021 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 175 |
Dec 2020 | 151 | 1 | 1 | 153 |
Nov 2020 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 242 |
Oct 2020 | 367 | 2 | 2 | 371 |
Sep 2020 | 223 | 1 | 0 | 224 |
Aug 2020 | 192 | 0 | 0 | 192 |
Jul 2020 | 441 | 2 | 2 | 445 |
Jun 2020 | 305 | 1 | 1 | 307 |
May 2020 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 204 |
Apr 2020 | 241 | 1 | 1 | 243 |
Mar 2020 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 314 |
Feb 2020 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 237 |
Jan 2020 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
Dec 2019 | 299 | 0 | 0 | 299 |
Nov 2019 | 323 | 3 | 3 | 329 |
Oct 2019 | 184 | 1 | 1 | 186 |
Sep 2019 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Aug 2019 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
Jul 2019 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 74 |
Jun 2019 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 73 |
May 2019 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
Apr 2019 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
Mar 2019 | 226 | 0 | 0 | 226 |
Feb 2019 | 150 | 0 | 1 | 151 |
Jan 2019 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 93 |
Dec 2018 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 63 |
Nov 2018 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
Oct 2018 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
Sep 2018 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Jul 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |