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A Comparison of Four Batterer Intervention Systems

Do Court Referral, Program Length, and Services Matter?

Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute Indiana University of Pennsylvania

A comparative multisite evaluation was conducted in four geographically distributed cities to examine the relative effectiveness of different approaches. The intervention systems represented a range of court-referral procedures (pretrial or postconviction), program duration (3 months to 9 months), and additional services (occasional referral or in-house alcohol treatment). 210 men at each site were recruited and tested (background, Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test). The batterers' partners were interviewed by phone every 3 months over a 15-month follow-up after intake, with a response rate of 77% overall. There was no significant difference in the reassault rate, portion of men making threats, and victim quality of life across the four sites. The longest, most comprehensive program did, however, have a significantly lower rate of severe reassault substantiated in a logistic regression controlling for background variables. The findings suggest that differing intervention systems that conform to fundamental standards can achieve similar outcomes.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 14, No. 1, 41-61 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/088626099014001003


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