NCJ Number
218975
Journal
Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Volume: 44 Issue: 2/3 Dated: 2006 Pages: 117-131
Date Published
2006
Length
15 pages
Annotation
The purpose of this study was to measure batterer behaviors and how the batterer types differed in terms of attachment styles, conflict resolution, psychopathology, jealousy, and alcohol abuse.
Abstract
Discriminant analyses using attachment (RSQ), jealousy (MJS), or severe conflict resolution tactics (CTS2 Severe) yielded results wherein one to three batterer profile types were not accurately classified at all, indicating that these variables were not good predictors of batterer group membership. A discriminant analysis using only total conflict resolution tactics resulted in an overall classification rate of 52.7. A discriminant analysis including both psychopathology (BPI) and conflict resolution tactics (CTS2) yielded an overall accurate classification rate of 64.6 percent which is higher than for either psychopathology or conflict resolution tactic predictor variables alone. As the best predictors of group membership, it is suggested that these are the factors that practitioners should attend to not only in their screening, but in their prevention and rehabilitation efforts as well. Domestic violence is an issue that affects different sides of society. Numerous studies have shown that it is a problem that is increasing. This study used a discriminant analysis to identify those scales that might be more effective at predicting group membership among batterer types: pathological batterers, sexually violent batterers, generally violent batterers, psychological violent batterers, and family-only batterers. Table, figures, references