Intimate partner violence intervention for high-risk offenders.

Abstract

This study is an evaluation of pre-postprogram change associated with the High Intensity Family Violence Prevention Program (HIFVPP) for incarcerated male offenders who are perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). The sample consists of 159 male offenders who participated in the HIFVPP while incarcerated. Participants were assessed pre-, mid-, and postprogram using an assessment battery consisting of self-report questionnaires and facilitator-rated evaluation scales. Results found uniform and significant (p < .001) improvement for pre- and postprogram change in the self-report questionnaires and in the facilitator ratings. A positive improvement in motivation, whether assessed by the participant or facilitator, was associated with improvement in program outcomes and significant within, between, and interaction effects were found when participant program performance over time was compared among grouped postprogram ratings of motivation. The implication for the efficacy of addressing offender motivation to change in IPV interventions is discussed.

Preliminary Validation of the ODARA for Female Intimate Partner Violence Offenders

“…Because rates of recidivism can be expected to vary as a function of sample selection and outcome definition (e.g., Hanson, Helmus, & Thornton, 2010), larger samples will also be required to develop an experience table to afford norms specifically for female offenders and to explore how modifications to standard ODARA scoring might improve accuracy for women (e.g., Moons, Altman, Vergouwe, & Royston, 2009). Nevertheless, the present findings suggested that the ODARA is a valid measure of relative risk, which is arguably the most essential assessment matter because it shows how the assessed individual compares to the population of interest (e.g., Crawford & Garthwaite, 2009;Hanson, Lloyd, Helmus, & Thornton, 2012). Relative risk is the information required for decisions about the highest priority for treatment (and its intensity; e.g., Connors, Mills, & Gray, 2012.…”

Intimate partner violence offenders: Generating a data-based typology of batterers and implications for treatment

“…An area of research that has been developed to study that question is batterer typologies (Lohr, Bonge, Witte, Hamberger, & Langhinrichsen-Rohling, 2005). Based on typologies' findings, interventions with batterers need to match the individuals' characteristics (Andrews & Bonta, 2010;Coulter & VanderWeerd, 2009) and risk level (Connors et al, 2012;Connors, Mills, & Gray, 2013), to better identify those men who may need intervention (Stoops, Bennett, & Vincent, 2010), develop a good treatment planning and achieve better outcomes. The batterers' categorisation provides a practical and successful method for planning and designing effective interventions with them (Coulter & VandeWeerd, 2009).…”

Intervenções psicológicas para homens perpetradores de violência contra a mulher: uma revisão sistemática

“…Dentre os artigos analisados que contaram com sessões individuais e em grupo, quatro realizaram intervenções com homens encarcerados-considerada uma população de alto risco na reincidência na perpetração da violência, quanto na recidiva criminal e consequente prisão (Mennicke et al, 2015). Ambos estudos realizados utilizando o Modelo Transteórico da Mudança (Connors et al, 2012(Connors et al, , 2013 apontaram menor intenção de perpetração de agressões e abusos por parte dos participantes mais motivados no início do tratamento. Ainda, os estudos demonstraram que os participantes que se engajaram no processo de mudança ao longo do tratamento, tiveram resultados similares aos que já o iniciaram motivados.…”