The Effectiveness of Batterer Intervention Programs

The Effectiveness of Batterer Intervention Programs A Literature Review & Recommendations for next Steps [Abridged version] Patricia Cluss, PhD, and Alina Bodea, MD, MPH UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH March 2011 [A longer version of this report that includes part of the CDC report on measurement instruments for battering and copies of the original articles is available by contacting: We thank the FISA Foundation for providing support for the preparation of this report. PERMISSION GRANTED TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH PURPOSES TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page Background 2 Purpose of the Report 2 Part 1: Review of the Literature Review procedures 3 A note about scientific research design 4 Research formats and their ability to detect solid findings 4 Why it s hard to study Batterers Intervention Programs (BIPs) 6 Part 2: Factors Involved in Understanding the Research Literature on BIPs Types of interventions studied 8 Research sites 9 Populations studied 9 Outcome measures employed in BIP research 9 Part 3: Major Findings in the Literature about BIP Effectiveness Results of individual higher-quality studies 10 A note on the results of couples Intervention studies 12 Results of meta-analyses and literature reviews 12 Other articles of interest 12 Part 4: Conclusions and Recommendations for next Steps What we know so far 15 What we don t]

The Effectiveness of Batterer Intervention Programs A Literature Review & Recommendations for Next Steps [Abridged version] Patricia Cluss, PhD, and Alina Bodea, MD, MPH

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