Research - domestic violence perpetrators
Supporting Women and Challenging Men (1998)
Burton, Regan & Kelly
The Policy Press; ISBN: 1861340680
This study evaluates The Domestic Violence Intervention Project, based in Hammersmith and Fulham, which provides two services - a Women's Support Service for women who have experienced domestic violence and a Violence Prevention Programme working with violent men.
Changing Violent Men (1999)
Dobash
Sage Publications Ltd; ISBN: 0761905359
Changing Violent Men is based on the evaluation of British criminal justice responses and treatment programmes for men who use violence against a woman partner. Court enforced abuser programmes are compared with more traditional sanctions such as fines and probation. Their effectiveness is evaluated in relation to: - the nature of the violence - interventions, particular abuser programmes - whether violent men can change - the process of personal change when it occurs.
Research Evaluation of Programmes for Violent Men (1996)
Dobash, Dobash, Cavanagh & Lewis
The Scottish Office Central Research Unit, Edinburgh
Batterer Intervention Systems: Issues, Outcomes and Recommendations (2002)
Edward W. Gondolf
Sage Publications Ltd; ISBN: 076191661X
One of the most burning debates in the domestic violence field is over the effectiveness of batterer programs and how to improve them. Batterer Intervention Systems responds to this debate with research from a multi-site evaluation of batterer programs - the most comprehensive and extensive evaluation to date. The text:
* critiques current experimental evaluations
* exposes the complex issues of evaluation
* presents alternatives to assessing effectiveness
Men Who Batter Women (1999)
Adam Jukes
Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd; ISBN: 041504099X
Violence against women in the home is a major social problem. Considering both feminist approaches to male violence and those perspectives that treat such violent behaviour as pathological, the author explores how depth psychology can be used to treat men who batter women. Examining such questions as how batterers rationalize their actions, and the nature of their self-concept, the book is a clinical study of the individuals involved. It analyzes the roots of battering in the male personality and suggests the implications for the clinical treatment of men who batter women.