Domestic Violence Offenders: Current Interventions, Research, and Implications for Policies and Standards

ISBN-13: 9780789019301 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 324 str.

Robert Geffner; Alan Rosenbaum

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Seventeen contributions from Geffner (psychology, Alliant International U., San Diego), Rosenbaum (psychiatry, U. of Massachusetts Medical School), and other scholars discuss various issues surrounding domestic violence interventions. Topics include, for example, the basis of current state standards for perpetrator treatment, group intervention pro

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• About the Contributors
• Introduction and Existing Standards for Those Who Batter
• Domestic Violence Offenders: Treatment and Intervention Standards
• Standards for Programs for Men Who Batter? Not Yet
• Are Current State Standards for Domestic Violence Perpetrator Treatment Adequately Informed by Research? A Question of Questions
• Intervention Techniques for Male and Female Domestic Violence Offenders
• Batterers’ Treatment: Observations from the Trenches
• Group Intervention Programs for Batterers
• Female Perpetrators of Partner Aggression: Relevant Issues and Treatment
• Nonconventional Approaches for Intervention in Cases of Spouse/Partner Abuse
• Adopting a Stages of Change Approach for Individuals Who Are Violent with Their Intimate Partners
• Safety Planning Based on Lethality Assessment for Partners of Batterers in Intervention Programs
• Conjoint Therapy for Partners Who Engage in Physically Aggressive Behavior: Rationale and Research
• Research and Evaluation Concerning Domestic Violence Offenders
• Standards for Batterer Treatment Programs: How Can Research Inform Our Decisions?
• Standards for Batterer Programs: A Formative Evaluation of the Illinois Protocol
• Completion and Recidivism Among Court- and Self-Referred Batterers in a Psychoeducational Group Treatment Program: Implications for Intervention and Public Policy
• Implications for Policies and Standards in Domestic Violence Offender Intervention
• An Ecological Analysis of Batterer Intervention Program Standards
• Developing Guidelines for Domestic Violence Offender Programs: What Can We Learn from Related Fields and Current Research?
• Toward Empirically Based Standards for Abuser Intervention: The Maryland Model
• Musings of a State Standards Committee Chair
• Conclusion
• Future Directions in Mandated Standards for Domestic Violence Offenders
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

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Alan Rosenbaum