TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Evaluating the effectiveness of a court sponsored abuser treatment program
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Chen, Huey -tsyh
A1  - Bersani, Carl
A1  - Myers, Steven C.
A1  - Denton, Robert
SP  - 309
EP  - 322
VL  - 4
IS  - 4
N2  - The literature on abuser treatment programs reveals the following problems: (1) the dominance of shelter-related abuser programs, (2) little understanding of the effectiveness of such programs, and (3) low recruitment and high attrition rates in shelter-related programs. This study attempts to deal with some of these difficulties by an evaluation of a court mandated abuser treatment program. The sample used in this study includes a treatment group of 120 court-referred abusers and a control group of 101 nonreferred abusers. The research was designed to deal with problems such as differential participation in the treatment sessions and self-selection bias. Results indicated that the relationship between treatment attendance and recidivism was not linear. Only those defendants who attended 75% of the treatment sessions or more have decreased recidivism; others showed no impact. Some policy implications are also discussed.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00978573
ID  - ref1
ER  -