The Effects of a Short-Term Batterer Treatment Program for Detained Arrestees: A Randomized Experiment in the Sacramento County, California Jail

Taylor, Bruce; Maxwell, Christopher D.

doi:10.1037/e640772009-001

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“…Other evaluations also show lower recidivism rates among completers than dropouts (Bennett, Stoops, Call, & Flett, 2007; Coulter & VandeWeerd, 2009; Dobash, Dobash, Cavanagh, & Lewis, 1996). In addition, the program may also influence factors other than reassault; for example, Taylor and Maxwell (2009) found that program participants self-reported less controlling behavior and less alcohol and marijuana use.…”

Section: The Duluth Model Intervention For Domestic Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, many experimental (Dunford, 2000; Feder & Dugan, 2002; Feder & Forde, 2000; Ford & Regoli, 1993; Labriola, Rempel, & Davis, 2008; Lin et al, 2009; Saunders, 1996; Taylor & Maxwell, 2009; Tolleffson & Gross, 2006) and quasi-experimental studies (Bowen, Gilchrist, & Beech, 2005; Gordon & Moriarty, 2003; Haggård, Freij, Danielsson, Wenander, & Långström, 2017) showed no significant reduction in violence among participants of programs based on the Duluth Model. Indeed, some studies found that men in these programs had significantly higher rates of violence than nonparticipants (e.g., Harrell, 1991; Shepard, 1992).…”

Section: The Duluth Model Intervention For Domestic Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

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Effectiveness of a Prison-Based Treatment Program for Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Criminal Recidivism

McNeeley

2019

J Interpers Violence

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Despite increasing interest in programming for perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV), the literature provides weak support for the effectiveness of these interventions. However, there are few studies that evaluate programs offered to felony IPV offenders who are serving prison sentences. This study uses a quasi-experimental design to evaluate the effectiveness of a prison-based implementation of a popular IPV intervention in reducing general and offense-specific recidivism among 169 men released from state prison in 2017. Because recidivism data were collected through early March 2019, the average follow-up period was approximately 20 months for both the control group and experimental group. Observable selection bias was minimized by using propensity score matching to create a comparison group of 169 nonparticipants released in 2017 who were not significantly different from the program participants. Cox regression models were used to predict general rearrest, reconviction, reincarceration, and supervised release revocation, as well as rearrest and reconviction for any violent offenses and rearrest and reconviction for domestic violence offenses in particular. No significant differences in any type of recidivism were found between the comparison group and those who participated in treatment, regardless of whether the participant completed or failed to complete the program. The findings suggest that the intervention is no more successful when offered within prisons than when offered in the community. The study concludes by making recommendations for increasing the effectiveness of prison-based domestic violence programming.

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Section: The Duluth Model Intervention For Domestic Abusementioning

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Effectiveness of a Prison-Based Treatment Program for Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Criminal Recidivism

McNeeley

2019

J Interpers Violence

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“…Moreover, the programs without a control group did not provide a reference point in order to assess their effectiveness. Also, studies with preand post-test designs that revealed a reduction in recidivism may be questionable since there is evidence showing that violence decreases after police intervention 52 and that a considerable number of perpetrators stop their abusive behaviours without any intervention It is important to note that the eclectic nature of the intervention programs may also explain the contradictory results. The analysed studies revealed great variability in terms of program duration and the different standards are, in part, responsible for this variability.…”

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“…Despite the proliferation and expansion of intervention programs for batterers, different studies have produced variable and contradictory results. If, on one hand, some programs show positive results 26,27,32,33,35,37,39,43,47 , others do not reveal significant differences between the group that participated in the intervention and the group that did not receive intervention 20,28,42,52,54 . Some authors state that mixed results are due to either differences in terms of indicators and measures used in the assessment 17,22,66,65 or the success and efficacy definition 67 .…”

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The current practices of intervention with batterers

Cunha¹,

Gonçalves²

2014

Rev. psiquiatr. clín.

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Background: Since the 70s there was a proliferation of intervention programs for batterers; however the results remain controversial. Objectives: This study aims to analyse the literature published between the years of 2000 and 2013 about the effectiveness of the intervention with batterers. Methods: A review of papers about intervention with batterers published during this period (2000-2013) was conducted. Social sciences databases were checked. Papers about programs for a specific public or programs with a broad intervention focus, and with female and homosexual offenders were excluded. Results: Thirty-six studies that described 37 intervention programs fulfilled the inclusion criteria. In general, the analysed programs adopted a group format (70.3%) and a cognitive-behavioural (56.8%) or psychoeducational (18.9%) intervention model (32.4% assumed to adopt a Duluth model). Concerning the effectiveness, results showed success rates of 39.4%-97%, dropout rates of 10%-58% and recidivism rates of 0%-65.9%. Discussion: The effectiveness of intervention with batterers remains controversial, which seems to be due to the different methodologies used in the studies. Despite the inconsistencies, programs for perpetrators are an important way to reduce intimate partner violence recidivism.

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“…The 15 RCTs on the effects of male perpetrator programmes span the period 1992 -2020 (see Table 1). Eleven were conducted in the United States (Alexander et al, 2010;Dunford, 2000;Easton et al, 2007;Feder & Dugan, 2002;Labriola et al, 2005;Murphy et al, 2020;Saunders, 1996;Taft et al, 2016;Taylor et al, 2001;Taylor & Maxwell, 2009;Tollefson & Phillips, 2015), one in Canada (Palmer et al, 1992), one in Spain (Lila et al, 2018) and the remaining two in Norway (Nesset et al, 2020;Palmstierna et al, 2012).…”

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Methodological Challenges in Group-based Randomised Controlled Trials for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators: A Meta-summary

Turner

Morgan

Hester

et al. 2023

Psychosocial Intervention

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Evidence for treatment effects of group-based Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) perpetrators programmes remains, at best, inconclusive. In the present review, systematic/meta-analytic reviews were used to identify randomised controlled trials and a meta-summary approach was employed to identify methodological challenges in the design and conduct of these trials. Of the fifteen studies identified, seven were comparative effectiveness trials. A range of methodological challenges were also identified by the trialists; source of outcome data, treatment modality, attrition and sample characteristics were the most frequently mentioned. Although there are only a few randomised controlled trials compared to non randomised studies, the findings of both highlight the need to invest in the development of innovative and/or combined IPV treatment programmes to address co-occurring issues such as substance use and trauma. The summary of methodological challenges will provide the first step in the development of methods guidance for researchers working in this area.

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The Effects of a Short-Term Batterer Treatment Program for Detained Arrestees: A Randomized Experiment in the Sacramento County, California Jail

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

Effectiveness of a Prison-Based Treatment Program for Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Criminal Recidivism

Effectiveness of a Prison-Based Treatment Program for Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Criminal Recidivism

The current practices of intervention with batterers

Methodological Challenges in Group-based Randomised Controlled Trials for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrators: A Meta-summary

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