Evaluating Criminal Justice Sanctions for Domestic Violence (From Trends, Risks, and Interventions in Lethal Violence: Proceedings of the Third Annual Spring Symposium of the Homicide Research Working Group, P 239-263, 1995, Carolyn Block and Richard Block, eds.)

• NCJ Number: 159908
• Author(s): R P Dobash; R E Dobash
• Date Published: 1995
• Length: 25 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Justice Programs (OJP)
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. NIJ Research Report, See NCJ-154254 for complete document.

Annotation

This paper describes a comparative evaluation of two Scottish programs for men convicted of a violent offense against their female partner.

Abstract

Both CHANGE and the Lothian Domestic Violence Probation Project (LDVPP) are modeled on American programs for violent men, which conceptualize the problem of male violence as a play for power and control and promote cognitive-behavioral methods to modify violent behavior. Data collected through interviews and court records suggested that arrest, prosecution, and punishment appeared to reduce the prevalence of subsequent offending for the sample. Women whose partners participated in CHANGE of LDVPP reported the men were less likely to have committed a subsequent violent act, or at least committed fewer offenses during the follow-up period. The women also reported that their husbands used fewer controlling behaviors, and indicated that their quality of life had improved as a result of the treatment. 5 figures, 4 tables, and 31 references