The Rehabilitation of Partner-Violent Men

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ISBN: 9780470997710 | 0470997710
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/7/2011

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Drawing on an extensive body of literature, The Rehabilitation of Partner-Violent Men presents an historical account of the policy changes that have led to rehabilitation programmes for male perpetrators of intimate partner violence within the criminal justice system. Presents a review of the current state of male partner-violence theory and related intervention programmes in the UK Draws on both national and international literature within the field Provides an overview of the theoretical foundation behind current approaches to the rehabilitation of partner-violent men Offers an appraisal of the effectiveness of current practicesÂ and directions for future advances in intervention and evaluation science

About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Nature of 'Domestic' or 'Intimate Partner' Violence
Official definitions
Academic definitions and debates
Are men the only perpetrators?
A typology of domestic violence
The Extent of Intimate Partner Violence
International and national surveys
British surveys
Who Are 'Those Guys?'
The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence: The Reason to Intervene
Rehabilitation and Intimate Partner Violence
Conclusion
Changes to the Criminal Justice Response to Partner Violence
Attrition in the Prosecution of Partner Violence Cases
Policing partner violence
Prosecuting partner violence
Factors influencing victim support of prosecution
Summary
A Changing National Policy Context
Partner Violence within the Criminal Law
Changes to criminal law
Changes to the policing of partner violence
Changes to Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) policy
Changes to sentencing guidelines
Changes to the Court System
Specialist domestic violence courts (SDVCs)
Summary
So Have These Changes Improved the Response to Partner Violence in the UK?
The impact on reporting incidents of partner violence
The impact on policing
The effects of CPS policy and specialist domestic violence courts
The Overall Impact on Attrition
Conclusion
Theories of Intimate Partner Violence
Socio-Cultural Theories
Gender roles and inequality
Power and control
Patriarchy
Criticisms of Socio-Cultural Theories
Social Learning Theory
Family Systems Theory
Attachment Theory
Personality Disorder and IPV
Anger and Hostility Models of IPV
Alcohol and Drug Models of IPV
Summary of single factor theories of IPV
Nested Ecological Theory 69 Summary and Conclusions
The Development of Group-Based Programmes for Male Domestic Violence Perpetrators
Changing Perspectives on the Causes of IPV and Approaches to Intervention
The Inception of Men's Programmes
'Nothing Works'
The Expansion of Men's Programmes
The Duluth model: a change of emphasis
Evidence that Something Works
British Developments in the Provision of Men's Programmes
'What Works?' and the Move Towards Accredited Programmes
Accreditation criteria
The 'What Works' Movement and Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes
Conclusion
Current Practice: The Risk Assessment and Management Context
The Multi-Agency Risk Management Context: MAPPAs and MARACs
Multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA)
Multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs)
The intersection of MAPPA and MARAC
Risk and Risk Assessment
The nature of IPV risk
Risk factors for non-lethal IPV
Risk factors for lethal IPV
Current Approaches to IPV Risk Assessment
Actuarial IPV risk assessments
Alternative approaches
Post-treatment risk appraisal
Current Practice: Programmes for Partner-Violent Men
Overview of IDAP
Programme eligibility criteria
Programme content
Additional sessions
Overview of CDVP and the Moderate Intensity Healthy Relationships Programme
Programme eligibility criteria
Programme content
Additional sessions
Overview of the High Intensity Healthy Relationship Programme
Critique of the Programme Theories
How Do the Programmes Differ?
The Empirical Validity of Treatment Targets
Cognition: Denial, minimization, victim blaming and cognitive distortions
Perspective taking and empathy
Parenting
International Practice
North America
Canada
European practice
Global practice
Summary and Conclusions
The Effectiveness of Programmes: Issues in Programme Evaluation
Why Evaluate?
Which Evaluation Questions should be Asked?
What should be Evaluated? What Research Design should be Used?
Experimental design
Quasi-experimental designs
Propensity scores
Alternative designs
What Methods should be Used?
Domestic violence reconviction
Domestic violence reoffending
Domestic violence recidivism
What is Good Practice in IPV Programme Evaluation?
The Effectiveness of IPV Programmes: International and National Evidence
International Evaluation Studies
Review overview
Meta-analytic studies of programme effectiveness
Conclusions from meta-analyses
British Studies
CHANGE and LDVPP
The domestic abuse intervention project (DAIP)
The Cheshire domestic violence prevention programme (CDVPP)
The West Midlands Probation domestic violence perpetrator programme (WMDVPP)
The integrated domestic abuse programme (IDAP)
Emergent Themes from the British Evaluation Evidence. Summary
Evaluation Issues: What Else should We be Considering?
The Comprehensive Evaluation Approach
Needs Assessment: What is Domestic Violence and Who are the Perpetrators?
Assessing Programme Theory
Validating programme theory: Do programmes target criminogenic need?
Implicit assumptions of programme theory: Do all members of the target population have the same needs?
Motivation to change: selection criteria or treatment target?
Assessing Programme Process: Is the Intended Treatment Delivered?
Programme integrity
Therapeutic environment
Group variables
Leader variables
Programme Outcome
Programme Efficiency
Conclusion
Conclusions and Future Directions
The Future Understanding of IPV: A Move towards an Evidence-Based Definition
The Future of Programme Development: What are the Alternatives?
The Future of Evaluation Research
Does the Future Lie in Tertiary Interventions?
References
Index
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