The rehabilitation of partner-violent men /

• Main Author: Bowen, Erica, 1976-
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Subjects: Abusive men > Rehabilitation.; Women > Violence against > Prevention.; Family violence > Law and legislation.; Family violence > Prevention.; Electronic books.

Drawing on an extensive body of literature, The Rehabilitation of Partner-Violent Men presents an historical account of the policy changes that have led to rehabilitation programmes for male perpetrators of intimate partner violence within the criminal justice system. Presents a review of the curren...

Table of Contents:

• Changes to the criminal justice response to partner violence
• Theories of intimate partner violence
• The development of group-based programmes for male domestic violence perpetrators
• current practice: the risk assessment and management context
• Current practice: programmes for partner-violent men
• The effectiveness of programmes: issues in programme evaluation
• The effectiveness of IPV programmes: international and national evidence
• Evaluation issues: what else should we be considering?
• Conclusions and future directions
• References
• Index.