Violence Desistance Among Battering Men: Existing Interventions and the Application of the Transtheoretical Model of Change

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This research examines the efficacy of existing interventions for battering men and assesses the applicability of the Transtheoretical Model of Change to the problem of violence desistance. In Chapter 1, separate meta-analyses of batterer treatment outcome studies relying on partner reports of recidivism (N=7) and official records (N=11) are conducted to assess treatment efficacy. A third analysis examines the overall rate of recidivism across studies that follow treatment completers (N=38). Results show that the effect of treatment is small at best and moderated largely by program, study, and publication variables. The overall rate of post-treatment recidivism is 21.6%. Chapter 2 traces the evolution of the battered women's movement and two interventions for assaultive men: arrest and treatment. It argues that these potentially powerful interventions are of limited efficacy for three reasons: 1) they are based on a sociopolitical understanding of violence and change rather than empiri

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