TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Batterer intervention program: the victim's hope in ending the abuse and maintaining the relationship
JO  - Issues in mental health nursing
A1  - Smith, M. E.
A1  - Randall, Elizabeth J.
SP  - 1045
EP  - 1063
VL  - 28
IS  - 9
N2  - In this existential-phenomenological investigation, women whose partners were mandated to attend a batterers' intervention program (BIP) were interviewed about their experiences before their partner attended his first class. The goal of this study was to gain an understanding of the woman's expectations of the BIP in the aftermath of her experience of abuse and her reasons for maintaining the relationship. Women described their experience as one of living in a dangerous environment that keeps them nervous, confused, fearful, and feeling bad about themselves, but yet hopeful that the abuse will stop now that their partner is being sent to treatment. BIP was, in fact, the "last hope," an optimism unsupported by current research data.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0161-2840
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01612840701522093
ID  - ref1
ER  -