Investigating the Differential Effectiveness of a Batterer Treatment Program on Outcomes for African American and Caucasian Batterers

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2003-11
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Buttell, Frederick P.
Pike, Cathy King
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Objective: This study (a) evaluated a batterer intervention program (BIP) by investigating changes in psychological variables (i.e., truthfulness, violence, lethality, control, alcohol use, drug use, and stress-coping abilities) between pretreatment and posttreatment assessments in a sample of court-mandated batterers and (b) investigated the differential effectiveness of this same BIP for African American and Caucasian batterers. Method: The study employed a onegroup pretest/posttest design, with 12-month follow-up data, to investigate changes in Domestic Violence Inventory (DVI) scores among 91 men, 57% African American, court ordered into a BIP. Results: Analysis indicated that (a) court-ordered batterers demonstrate significant changes, in the desired direction, on psychological variables related to domestic violence, as a result of participation in a court-mandated BIP and (b) there was no significant difference in changes on these psychological variables between African American and Caucasian batterers. Conclusion: Implications of

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Court-Ordered Batterers, Domestic Violence, Treatment Program, Variable between African American and Caucasian batterers
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Abusive men -- Behavior modification -- United States, Family violence -- Cross-cultural studies
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Buttell, Frederick P. and Cathy K. Pike. "Investigating the differential effectiveness of a batterer treatment program on outcomes for African American and Caucasian batterers." Research on Social Work Practice 13, no. 6 (November 2003): 675-692.
Buttell, Frederick P. and Cathy K. Pike. "Investigating the differential effectiveness of a batterer treatment program on outcomes for African American and Caucasian batterers." December 2, 2010. Available from IUPUI ScholarWorks. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2322.
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