NCJ Number
117543
Date Published
1989
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This bibliography cites 41 documents on therapy for batterers that were published between 1982 and 1988.
Abstract
Bibliographic entries cover court-mandated male batters, battered women and their families, batterers' reports of recidivism after counseling, a community approach to domestic violence, and guidelines for criminal justice agencies involved in handling family violence cases. Entries also deal with domestic violence and community health care ethics, psychological and legal dimensions of family violence, the effect of batterer counseling on shelter outcome, intervention with abusive partners, the expanding judicial system role in domestic violence, tactics of men who batter, psychosocial characteristics of batterers, and recurring violence during treatment. Additional entries focus on batterer program evaluation, skills training for the treatment of spouse abusers, and training guidelines for counselors and advocates who work with abused wives. Each bibliographic entry is accompanied by an abstract of the document and relevant subject descriptors.