Findings From an Outcome Examination of Rhode Island's Specialized Domestic Violence Probation Supervision Program

Do Specialized Supervision Programs of Batterers Reduce Reabuse

Bibliographic Data

ID12435556
AuthorsAndrew R Klein (0000-0001-5256-1289, Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., corresponding author), Ann H Crowe (American Psychiatric Association), Ann Crowe (American Probation and Parole Association)
Year2008
Volume14
Issue2
Pages226-246
Publication date2008-01-22
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801207312633
PMID18212342
OpenAlexW2103293191
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

An examination of specialized domestic violence probation supervision compared to traditional mixed case supervision of domestic violence probationers finds significant differences in several areas, including victim satisfaction, probationer accountability, and reabuse and rearrest rates. Lower-risk abusers, constituting almost half of the probation abuser caseload supervised by the specialized unit, were significantly less likely to be rearrested for domestic violence and nondomestic violence crimes than were those supervised in the traditional mixed caseloads. Victims' satisfaction appeared to be higher, and abusers were held more accountable. Researchers suggest what may account for these different outcomes and the limits of the specialized supervision program in affecting the behavior of high-risk abusers

Accountability · Criminology · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Recidivism · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Psychology

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