Changing Violent Men

by Rebecca Emerson Dobash, Russell P. Dobash, Kate Cavanagh, Ruth Lewis

Overview

Changing Violent Men is based on the evaluation of British criminal justice responses and treatment programs for men who use violence against a woman partner. Court enforced abuser programs are compared with more traditional sanctions such as fines and probation. And qualitative and quantitative data are used to delineate patterns of personal change. This book allows the men and women involved to speak about their lives and the impact of criminal justice interventions upon them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761905356
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	10/12/1999
Series:	SAGE Series on Violence against Women , #13
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: FOCUSING ON MEN'S VIOLENCE AND THE PROCESS OF CHANGE
Responding to Abused Women
"Domestic Violence" Is Asymmetrical
The Transformative Project
The "Fit "
PART TWO: MEN TALKING ABOUT VIOLENCE
The Violence
Effects of Violence
Sources of Conflict
The Context of Violence
PART THREE: INTERVENTION FOR CHANGE: RESPONDING VIOLENT MEN
The Justice System
Programs for Abusers
The Research Sites
Women Partners
PART FOUR: METHODS FOR EVALUATING PROGRAMS FOR VIOLENT MEN
Violence and Personal Change
Issues in Evaluation Research
Evaluating Programs for Violent Men
The Violent Men Study
The Constellation of Violence
Data Collection
PART FIVE: THE CONTEXT OF INTERVENTION: VIOLENCE AND VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS
The Relationships
Previous Violence, Injuries, and Controlling Behaviour
Reactions to Violence
Contacts With Others
The Violent Event Leading to Conviction and Inclusion in the Study
PART SIX: CAN VIOLENT MEN CHANGE?
Program Integrity and Evaluative Criteria
Investigating Selection Bias - Comparisons of the Groups
Do Violent Men Change?
PART SEVEN: CHANGES IN QUALITY OF LIFE
Assessing the Quality of Life
Changes in Men's Orientations to Violence
Changes in Men's Related Behaviors and Emotional Well-being
Changes in Men's Orientations to Their Woman Partner
Changes in Women's Quality of Life and Sense of Well-Being
Changes in the Relationship
Reducing Conflicts
Safety and Anger
Summary
PART EIGHT: WHY MEN CHANGE
Spontaneous Reflections About Change
Three Stories of Change
The Process of Change
The Sustainability of Change
PART NINE: THE CHALLENGE

Editorial Reviews

Traditionally of course, the standard model was Beauty and the Beast, but that is a little dusty for the modern world. Four scholars of social policy at the University of Manchester report their research on various criminal justice responses and treatment programs for men who use violence against a woman partner. They assess the effectiveness of two court-mandated abuser programs compared with more traditional sanctions such as fines and probation. Looking at the three aspects of violence, intervention, and research separately and as they impact each other, they explore men talking about violence, responding to violent men, methods for evaluating programs, the context of intervention, changes in the quality of life, and why men change. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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