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 Predicting Abuse and Reassault Among Batterer Program Participants (From Violence Against Women and Family Violence: Developments in
Research, Practice, and Policy, 2004, Bonnie Fisher, ed. -- See
NCJ-199701)
NCJ Number
              199730

Author(s)
          D. Alex. Heckert, Edward W. Gondolf
Date Published

July 2002
Length
              12 pages
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              This study re-examined the prediction of abuse and recidivism for assault among batterer program participants by improving on
previous research methodologies through the use of multiple
outcomes, conditional variables, and a comprehensive multisite
database.
Abstract
              An extensive, multisite, longitudinal database of batterers and their female partners was used to test several possibilities for
prediction, i.e., the utility of risk markers, conditional
variables, risk instruments, and batterer types. The database
also allowed for the examination of the dynamics of repeat assault and other alternative conceptions of violence. The database included intake interviews with 840 batterers and their partners, along with follow-up interviews every 3 months over 15 months. The follow-up response rate was 70 percent. The database encompassed four cities (Pittsburgh, Dallas, Houston, and Denver). The majority of the men (82 percent) were mandated to the programs by the courts, and the remainder voluntarily entered the program. The predictor variables were obtained from background questionnaires administered to the men and their partners at program intake. To assess the violent behavior of the men, the research team coded the women's descriptions of the violent incidents by using a sequential, situation conception of
violence. The study found that the use of multiple outcomes
apparently improved prediction through intake risk markers. The
addition of conditional variables did not improve prediction, but
it did identify important predictors. The items from the risk
assessment instruments also modestly predicted the outcomes, but
only Campbell's Danger Assessment Scale was more predictive than
the women's perceptions by themselves. The strongest prediction
occurred by entering risk markers as individual items and
including women's perceptions, rather than combining them into a
composite index. The study concluded that although more
sophisticated models improve prediction, they still only modestly
predict the outcomes and do not appear to be sufficient for
clinical decisions by themselves. Implications of these findings
are drawn for both researchers and for practitioners. 26 references
      
  
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