More effectively still,
batterers threaten to kill those whom the victim cares about, from family members to the family dog.
The Catholic Charities
batterer intervention program is getting similar results.
The risk of violence increases by 500% when
batterers have access to firearms.
Second, the increased presence of domestic violence cases in the courtroom gave
batterers the opportunity to use the legal system as an additional avenue to harass their victims.
Comparison between the two groups showed statistically significant differences; imprisoned
batterers showed a higher rate of distorted ideas about the inferiority of women and the use of violence as a correct way to cope with interpersonal problems.
(73) In addition, prior studies have not yet determined which
batterers are more or less likely to complete
batterer treatment.
(57) While each state has created their own construct of what constitutes domestic violence, every state that has adopted a rebuttable presumption against awarding custody to
batterers limits the definition of domestic violence to acts of physical or sexual abuse.
Typically, when referred to BIPs
batterers resist treatment (Buttell & Pike, 2003; Chang & Saunders, 2002; Eckhardt, Holtzworth-Munroe, Norlander, Sibley, & Cahill, 2008).
The most widely adopted theory of
batterers and
batterer intervention services, the Duluth model, was developed with only male perpetrators in mind (Pence & Paymar, 1986,1993).
The breakdown of
batterers identity following police intervention.
Batterers can change, and we need to care for and support
The first
batterer intervention program, or BIP, was founded in Boston in 1977 by men who wanted to combat the misogynistic attitudes they viewed as the root of abusive behavior.
