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International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
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Identifying Subgroups at High Risk of Dropping Out of Domestic Batterer Treatment

The Buffering Effects of a High School Education

Loretta J. Stalans

Loyola University Chicago, Illinois

Magnus Seng

Loyola University Chicago, Illinois

This study identifies the subgroups of domestic batterers who are at a low or high risk of failing to complete domestic batterer cognitive behavioral treatment. The sample is composed of 355 domestic batterers ordered to complete treatment, with 31.8% not completing treatment. Three subgroups of batterers were identified as having at least a 60% chance of treatment failure: (a) unemployed generalized aggressors, (b) high school dropouts ordered into substance abuse treatment, and (c) unemployed offenders ordered into substance abuse treatment. Furthermore, a high school education, even when offenders are unemployed or living in poverty, buffers the negative effects of a substance abuse problem among court-mandated batterers required to participate in both domestic violence treatment and substance abuse treatment. Two thirds of substance-abusing high school graduates completed both domestic violence and substance abuse treatment, compared to only one third of the substance-abusing high school dropouts. Implications are discussed.

Key Words: domestic batterer treatment • attrition • risk assessment • treatment selection

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, Vol. 51, No. 2, 151-169 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X06290204
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