The relationship between treatment, incarceration, and recidivism of battering: A program evaluation of Seattle's coordinated community response to domestic violence.

Babcock, Julia C.; Steiner, Ramalina

doi:10.1037/0893-3200.13.1.46

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“…Recently, the TTM has been used to conceptualize the process of violence cessation among domestic abusers (Begun, Shelley, & Strodthoff, 2002;Brownlee, Ginter, & Tranter, 1998;Daniels & Murphy, 1997;Levesque, Gelles, & Velicer, 2000). Investigators have begun to develop assessment instruments specifically designed to measure readiness to change among domestic violence offenders.…”

Section: Transtheoretical Model As Applied To Batterersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Investigators have begun to develop assessment instruments specifically designed to measure readiness to change among domestic violence offenders. For example, exploratory principal components analysis on a sample of 1,359 batterers and confirmatory factor analysis with additional samples have demonstrated that the 35-item Safe at Home assessment is comprised of three scales consistent with the precontemplation, contemplation and preparation/action stages outlines in the transtheoretical model (Begun, Murphy, Bolt, Weinstein, Strodthoff, Short, & Shelley, 2003). Concurrent validity was suggested by evidence that low readiness to change in the Safe at Home measure was correlated with little assumption of personal responsibility for violence and with minimization of psychological aggression, contemplation scores were negatively associated with minimization of own aggression (as assessed by comparison with partner reports), and preparation/action scores were significantly correlated with self-efficacy for abstaining from verbal aggression.…”

Section: Transtheoretical Model As Applied To Batterersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Similarly, Begun et al (2002) note that the use of action techniques for individuals either in precontemplation or contemplation is ineffective and could inadvertently lead to "pseudosuccess" indicators as opposed to meaningful internalized change. Therefore, attention to the order and timing of interventions is essential.…”

Section: Transtheoretical Model As Applied To Batterersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The SOC model has been shown to be relevant to courtordered batterers (Alexander & Morris, in press;Begun et al, 2003;Daniels & Murphy, 1997; This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department.…”

Section: Domestic Violence Among Latinosmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Group Cohesion Scale (GES-COH; Moos, 1994) is an 18-item scale consisting of two nine-item subscales measuring the degree of self-reported cohesiveness within a defined group as pertaining to emotional cohesion and task cohesion within the group. The scale's reliability and validity are good (Moos, 1994) and its predictive validity of outcome has been demonstrated in studies of therapy groups, including groups of sexual offenders (Beech & Fordham, 1997) and aggressive inpatients (Lanza, Satz, Stone, Kayne, et al, 1995).…”

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Stages of Change and the Group Treatment of Batterers

Alexander¹

2007

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A Stages of Change (SOC) treatment approach, supplemented by Motivational Interviewing techniques (Miller & Rollnick, 2002), was compared with a standard cognitive-behavioral therapy gender-reeducation (CBTGR) approach for its effectiveness in reducing men's violence against their partners. A total of 528 male batterers from the Montgomery County, Maryland Abused Persons Program were randomly assigned to 49 26-week groups in either the SOC or CBTGR condition. English-speaking and Spanish-speaking groups were conducted in both treatment conditions. While certain differences emerged between English-and Spanish-speakers and their partners, men in the two treatment conditions (and their partners) did not differ with respect to demographics, lifetime violence, psychopathology, multiple admissions, histories of trauma, or source of referral as a function of their assignment to different treatment conditions. Differences between women who were successfully contacted for follow-up and those who were not were minimal, indicating the generalizability of victim follow-up reports.Self-reported aggression at post-treatment was unrelated to treatment condition. However, based on victim follow-up reports, the SOC curriculum was more effective than standard treatment in reducing women's risk for physical aggression, especially among English-speakers. The SOC condition was particularly effective for first-time offenders, for men who were court-ordered to treatment and for men in an earlier underlying stage of change. On the other hand, the SOC condition was no more effective than the CBTGR condition in reducing the violence of men with multiple admissions, suggesting the need for warning their victims and for using a coordinated community response. The SOC condition was also not effective for men who were self-referred to treatment, presumably because it did not quickly provide the anger-management and conflict resolution skills these men were seeking. The two treatments did not differ in rates of attendance (either number of sessions attended or treatment completion), working alliance or group cohesion. Different predictors of attendance did emerge between the two conditions. Moreover, blind ratings of audiotapes of sessions significantly differentiated the two conditions. Specific treatment considerations for Spanish-speakers were explored as was the necessity of attending to the trauma histories of both men and their partners. Finally, the reactions of therapists working with the SOC curriculum were described as were the limitations of this study and suggestions for future research. It was concluded that within the context of these limitations, this project allowed a fairly rigorous but also realistic test of the usefulness of SOC treatment in reducing men's risk for violence.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Transtheoretical Model As Applied To Batterersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Transtheoretical Model As Applied To Batterersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Domestic Violence Among Latinosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Data Collection Procedures and Measuresmentioning

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