Coordinated Community Intervention for Domestic Violence: The Effects of Arrest and Prosecution on Recidivism of Woman Abuse Perpetrators

Tolman, Richard M.; Weisz, Arlene N.

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“…Indeed, many interventions target the criminal justice system with the goal of changing behaviors of an unresponsive system (e.g., Lawrenz, Lembo, & Schade, 1988;Tolman & Weisz, 1995). The system may need either policy changes or better compliance with existing policy.…”

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“…Trends in domestic violence rates over the past 10 years have documented a decrease and it appears new social norms regarding domestic violence may have emerged (see Klein et al, 1997), which suggest a relation between domestic violence policies and underlying social norms. Alternatively, there has been much research examining the effectiveness of arrest policies (Berk & Newton, 1985;Buzawa & Austin, 1993;Feder, Jolin, & Feyerherm, 2000;Maxwell, Garner, & Fagan, 2001;Schmidt & Sherman, 1993;Sherman & Berk, 1984;Tolman & Weisz, 1995) and some research examining the effects of varying prosecutorial policies (Davis, Smith, & Nickels, 1998;Fagan, Friedman, Wexler, & Lewis, 1984;Feder et al, 2000;Ford & Regoli, 1993); however, this research has revealed mixed results (Maxwell, Garner, & Fagan, 2001). For example, some studies have shown arrest to be an effective deterrent against future offending (Berk & Newton, 1985;Sherman & Berk, 1984), whereas other studies indicate arrest is effective only for a certain profile based on offender characteristics (e.g., employed, White, and Hispanic; Schmidt & Sherman, 1993).…”

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Moving Beyond the Individual: Examining the Effects of Domestic Violence Policies on Social Norms

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American J of Comm Psychol

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To be effective, criminal justice policies should affect the underlying social norms for which the policies were enacted. This study sought to determine whether public perceptionsof criminal justice policies on domestic violence affected social norms. Two waves of data were collected via a telephone survey where a random probability sample of 973 residents was drawn from 4 communities. A structural equation model was tested and confirmed. Results provided strong support for the hypothesis that perceptions of criminal justice policies have direct effects on attitudes toward criminal justice response, and indirect effects on victim‐blaming attitudes, both underlying social norms related to domestic violence. The enactment of criminal justice policies, therefore, may have an impact beyond victims and perpetrators and lead to a transformation of the community through the emergence of new social norms. Public awareness campaigns designed to disseminate criminal justice policies may be instrumental in provoking social change.

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Section: Theoretical Perspectives On Policies and Social Normsmentioning

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Moving Beyond the Individual: Examining the Effects of Domestic Violence Policies on Social Norms

Salazar

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Price

et al. 2003

American J of Comm Psychol

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“…Norms may include expectations by the society at large, but as applied here, norms are often limited to the social acceptability of the behavior to people closest to and most significant to the individual. In the domestic violence prevention, social norms related to the acceptability of violence have been addressed in primary prevention campaigns involving bumper stickers on police cars, billboards, and education efforts in schools and universities that attempt to convey the message that violence is unacceptable (Ghez, 2001;Tolman & Weisz, 1995). In addition, batterer intervention treatment addresses these attitudes by breaking down myths that it is acceptable to abuse a partner through peer confrontation and explorations of sexism and gender roles (Pence & Paymar, 1986).…”

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“…Because IPV is a highly underreported crime in which only a small proportion is ever arrested and few are convicted (Tolman & Weisz, 1995), the sample, which is largely court mandated, is likely to exhibit more violent behavior than the general population of abusive individuals. Additionally, there are many demographic and contextual factors, such as alcohol or drug use and presence of children, which increase the likelihood that an individual will be arrested (Stalans & Finn, 1995;Stark, 1993).…”

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Treating Perpetrators of Domestic Violence: Gender Differences in the Applicability of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Kernsmith

2005

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Female perpetrated intimate partner violence has commonly been treated, both legally and clinically, similarly to male perpetrated violence. However, there is little empirical research of the gender differences in treatment needs or the applicability of classic models of batterer intervention for women. This study examines the applicability of one theory that has commonly been used to guide treatment of male perpetrators, the theory of planned behavior. R. M. Tolman, J. L. Edleson, and M. Fendrich (1996) found the components of this theory to be moderately predictive of abusive behavior among males. In a survey of 114 male and female participants in batterer intervention counseling in Los Angeles County, the current study confirmed that the model predicted male behaviors but found the model did not apply to female violent behavior.

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“…In the United States of America, a program in DuPage County, Illinois, combined a tough law enforcement approach to family violence with advocacy for the victims of violence. The advocates offer support, give women information about the legal system, and inform them about further counseling and advocacy services that are available (Tolman and Weisz 1995). Other similar programs have become common enhancements to the police patrol response to family violence (e.g., Lane et al 2002).…”

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Preventing repeat incidents of family violence: analysis of data from three field experiments

2006

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Preventing repeat victimization is an area of criminology that has shown particular promise in recent years. Based on the premise that persons once victimized are at higher risk than others for future victimization, British officials developed successful programs that focus crime prevention efforts on victims. Of all crimes, family violence may have the highest repeat rate, especially in the first weeks after an incident is reported to the police. Accordingly, New York City officials developed an intervention program to reduce repeat incidents of family abuse. Three field experiments conducted during the 1990s evaluated whether or not this program, targeted at public housing residents who reported family violence to the police, reduced the rate of subsequent victimization. The findings produced within each study were not consistent across the studies; rather, these three experiments, separately analyzed, produce varying results. Since the composition of the samples varied across studies, however, one possible explanation is that this program has different effects within different populations. This paper reports outcomes from a series of analyses of pooled data from these three studies to address the inconsistencies. The results indicate that the intervention brought about greater reporting of subsequent abuse, both to authorities and to research interviewers. The results are invariant across the three studies, indicating that greater reporting of abuse is not idiosyncratic to one particular population, and are consistent across the nature and source of outcome measures. These findings suggest the need for careful monitoring by the advocates and agencies that operate these types of programs and among those designing and testing future programs.

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Coordinated Community Intervention for Domestic Violence: The Effects of Arrest and Prosecution on Recidivism of Woman Abuse Perpetrators

Cited by 105 publications

References 12 publications

Moving Beyond the Individual: Examining the Effects of Domestic Violence Policies on Social Norms

Moving Beyond the Individual: Examining the Effects of Domestic Violence Policies on Social Norms

Treating Perpetrators of Domestic Violence: Gender Differences in the Applicability of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Preventing repeat incidents of family violence: analysis of data from three field experiments

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