Treatment for perpetrators of domestic violence.

Abstract

Addressing the needs of domestic violence perpetrators is complex. Many would like to place the perpetrator in jail and forget about him. Yet survivors of domestic violence often maintain a connection with the perpetrator for many reasons: Perhaps they have children together, she may not want the relationship to end as much as she wants the abuse to stop, they may live in the same community and see each other often, or they may find themselves at community and family gatherings that place them in proximity to each other (Tubbs & Williams, 2007). In addition, even if the man is no longer involved with the woman against whom he has perpetrated violence, he will likely move on to another relationship and potentially place other women at risk. Consequently, failing to provide early, effective treatment services for perpetrators of abuse imposes a high toll on individual women, children, and society. The ways in which we consider and engage perpetrators of abuse are critically important and a vital element of responding to and reducing violence against women and girls. This chapter provides a critical examination of what we know about batterers' intervention programs (BIPs) and emerging issues and challenges, and offers recommendations to advance the work.

Aile İçi Şiddet Faillerinin Müdahalelere Etkin Katılım Nedenleri: Alanyazın İncelemesi

“…The facilitators skills and knowledge about culturally-sensitive approaches should be improved . This can help them to recognise how cultural and ethnic differences may affect the therapeutic process in interventions (Gondolf, 1998;Almeida and Dolan-Delvecchio, 1999;Bent-Goodley et al, 2007). Moreover, the lack of engagement in interventions might be relates to the structural aspects.…”

Family violence, fathers, and restoring personhood

“…Batterer intervention programs, however, have reported mixed results in stopping further abuse (Feder, Wilson, & Austin, 2008), with findings reflecting difficulties in program administration and evaluation (Gondolf, 2010). Measuring effectiveness is hamstrung by high attrition rates, averaging half of the enrolled men (Bent-Goodley, Rice, Williams, & Pope, 2011).…”