Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; About the Author; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The Nature of 'Domestic' or 'Intimate Partner' Violence; The Extent of Intimate Partner Violence; Who Are 'Those Guys?'; The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence: The Reason to Intervene; Rehabilitation and Intimate Partner Violence; Conclusion; 2 Changes to the Criminal Justice Response to Partner Violence; Attrition in the Prosecution of Partner Violence Cases; A Changing National Policy Context; Partner Violence within the Criminal Law; Changes to the Court System
So Have These Changes Improved the Response to Partner Violence in the UK?The Overall Impact on Attrition; Conclusion; 3 Theories of Intimate Partner Violence; Socio-Cultural Theories; Criticisms of Socio-Cultural Theories; Social Learning Theory; Family Systems Theory; Attachment Theory; Personality Disorder and IPV; Anger and Hostility Models of IPV; Alcohol and Drug Models of IPV; Nested Ecological Theory; Summary and Conclusions; 4 The Development of Group-Based Programmes for Male Domestic Violence Perpetrators; Changing Perspectives on the Causes of IPV and Approaches to Intervention
The Inception of Men's Programmes'Nothing Works'; The Expansion of Men's Programmes; Evidence that Something Works; British Developments in the Provision of Men's Programmes; 'What Works?' and the Move Towards Accredited Programmes; The 'What Works' Movement and Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes; Conclusion; 5 Current Practice: The Risk Assessment and Management Context; The Multi-Agency Risk Management Context: MAPPAs and MARACs; Risk and Risk Assessment; Current Approaches to IPV Risk Assessment; 6 Current Practice: Programmes for Partner-Violent Men; Overview of IDAP
Overview of CDVP and the Moderate Intensity Healthy Relationships ProgrammeOverview of the High Intensity Healthy Relationship Programme; Critique of the Programme Theories; How Do the Programmes Differ?; The Empirical Validity of Treatment Targets; International Practice; Summary and Conclusions; 7 The Effectiveness of Programmes: Issues in Programme Evaluation; Why Evaluate?; Which Evaluation Questions should be Asked?; What should be Evaluated?; What Research Design should be Used?; What Methods should be Used?; What is Good Practice in IPV Programme Evaluation?
8 The Effectiveness of IPV Programmes: International and National EvidenceInternational Evaluation Studies; British Studies; Emergent Themes from the British Evaluation Evidence; Summary; 9 Evaluation Issues: What Else should We be Considering?; The Comprehensive Evaluation Approach; Needs Assessment: What is Domestic Violence and Who are the Perpetrators?; Assessing Programme Theory; Assessing Programme Process: Is the Intended Treatment Delivered?; Programme Outcome; Programme Efficiency; Conclusion; 10 Conclusions and Future Directions
Summary
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 current state of male partner-violence theory and related intervention programmes in the UKDraws on both national and international literature within the fieldProvides an overview of the theoretical foundation behind current approaches to the rehabilitation of partner-violent menOffers an appraisal of the
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The Future Understanding of IPV: A Move towards an Evidence-Based Definition
