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Wife Assault Treatment and Criminal Recidivism: An 1-Year Follow-Up

Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, 2136 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1T2, Canada

Mark Bodnarchuk

BC Institute of Family Violence, #551-409 Granville St., Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1T2, Canada

Randall Kropp

BC Institute of Family Violence, #290-601 W. Cordova, Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 101, Canada

Stephen D. Hart

Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Colunbia V5A 1S6, Canada

James R. P. Ogloff

Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada

The impact of court-ordered treatment for wife assault was assessed by monitoring 156 men who had completed such treatment for up to 11 years (mean = 5.2 years) after treatment completion. Recidivist assault and wife assault was assessed through access to Canadian Police Information Centre data that record crimes committed anywhere in Canada. Comparisons were drawn between this group and a group of 167 dropouts from treatment (noncompleters), 32 men rejected for treatment because of resistance or denial (rejects), and 91 men who never appeared for their treatment assessment (no shows). Whereas time-to-failure failed to reveal significant between-group differences, a recidivism ratio (total repeat offenses per man-in-group) revealed significantly lower recidivism rates for treatment completers (.23 versus .50). No shows recidivated at an equal rate to completers. Some inferences are drawn about spiral models of behavioral change.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 41, No. 1, 9-23 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X9704100102


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