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A 30-Month Follow-Up of Court- Referred Batterers in Four Cities

Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1098 Oakland Avenue, Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705, USA

A follow-up of court-referred male batterers in four cites was conducted to assess the long-term outcomes of batterer programs (N = 618). About 70% of the batterers’initial and new female partners were interviewed by phone every 3 months for the first 15 months and every 7 to 8 months for the next 15 months. According to the women’s reports, 41% of the men committed a reassault during the 30-month follow-up period—an increase of only 7% over the 15-month reassault rate. Nearly two thirds of the first-time reassaults occurred in the first 6 months. About a fifth of the men repeatedly reassaulted their partners and account for most of the reported injuries. The reassault rate for men attending a program for 3 months or more is significantly less than for dropouts. The reassault rates are not significantly different across the four programs, despite differences in program length and services.

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 44, No. 1, 111-128 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X00441010


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