Batterer Intervention:
Program Approaches and Criminal Justice Strategies

Series: Issues and Practices
Author: Kerry Healey, Christine Smith, with Chris O'Sullivan Published: February 1998 Subject: domestic violence  211 pages 407,000 bytes 

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Table of Contents 
Foreword - Batterer intervention  - Acknowledgements - Executive - Summary 

Chapter1 - Batterer intervention : Introduction -- Key Points -- The Nature of the Problem -- What Is Domestic Violence? -- Who Batters? -- Who Are the Victims? -- The Impact of Battering on Victims and Society -- What Works: Do Interventions Stop Battering? -- Conclusion -- Endnotes

Chapter 2 - Batterer interventionThe Causes of Domestic Violence: From Theory to Intervention -- Key Points -- Overview of Theories and Related Interventions -- Feminist Approaches: The Social Problem Approach -- The Family Systems Model -- Psychological Approaches: A Focus on Individual Problems -- Compatibility of the Models With Criminal Justice Goals -- Conclusion: Multidimensional Models Dominate the Field -- Endnotes

Chapter 3 - Batterer intervention Pioneers in Batterer Intervention: Program Models -- Key Points -- Program Procedures -- Intake and Assessment -- Victim Contacts -- Raising Victim Awareness -- Ongoing Advocacy and Safety Planning -- Orientation -- Leaving the Program -- Program Content: Established Interventions Using Weekly Groups -- Accountability as the Foremost Goal -- Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques -- The Duluth Curriculum: Issues of Power and Control as Primary Targets -- EMERGE and AMEND: More In-depth Group Counseling -- Conclusion -- Endnotes

Chapter 4 - Batterer intervention  Current Trends in Batterer Intervention: Innovations From the Field and the Research Community -- Key Points -- Interventions Based on Batterer Typologies -- Mounting Evidence of the Need for Typologies -- Typology in Action: Colorado's 18th Judicial District -- Cultural Specificity: The Influence of Class, Race, and Subculture -- Adapting Interventions to Accommodate Differences in Socioeconomic Status -- Culturally Competent Interventions: Addressing Race, Ethnicity, and Subculture -- Countering the Specialized Programming Trend: The Compassion Workshop -- Advantages and Criticisms of the Compassion Workshop Approach  -- Conclusion -- Endnotes

 Chapter 5 - Batterer intervention   Criminal Justice Response -- Key Points -- Criminal Justice System Issues Affecting Batterer Intervention -- Enrollment in a Batterer Intervention Should Occur Quickly -- Centralization Improves Service Delivery -- Prosecutors and Judges Need Accurate and Complete Defendant Information -- Intervention Is Needed for All Batterers -- State Service Provider Standards Help Control Abuses but May Block Program  -- Diversity -- The Key Role of Probation: Batterer Supervision -- Collaboration Among Community Partners -- Informal Cooperation Between Probation and Program Staff -- Local Domestic Violence Coordinating Committees -- State-Level Domestic Violence Committees and Task Forces -- Conclusion -- Endnotes 

Chapter 6: Sources of Help and Information
A number of resources are available to batterer intervention program staff and criminal justice professionals who work with batterer programs.

Appendixes Appendix A -- State Standards Matrix  Appendix B -- Program Personnel and Criminal Justice Professionals Interviewed for This Report Appendix C -- Results of Program Survey Appendix D -- Sample Program Forms.

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