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Identifying subgroups at high risk of dropping out of domestic batterer treatment: the buffering effects of a high school education.
Full Abstract
This study identifies the subgroups of domestic batterers who are at a low or high risk of failing to complete domestic batterer cognitive behavioral treatment. The sample is composed of 355 domestic batterers ordered to complete treatment, with 31.8% not completing treatment. Three subgroups of batterers were identified as having at least a 60% chance of treatment failure:
(a) unemployed generalized aggressors, (b) high school dropouts ordered into substance abuse treatment, and (c) unemployed offenders ordered into substance abuse treatment. Furthermore, a high school education, even when offenders are unemployed or living in poverty, buffers the negative effects of a substance abuse problem among court-mandated batterers required to participate in both domestic violence treatment and substance abuse treatment. Two thirds of substance-abusing high school graduates completed both domestic violence and substance abuse treatment, compared to only one third of the substance-abusing high school dropouts. Implications are discussed.
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Author/s: Stalans, Loretta J (LJ); Seng, Magnus (M);
Affiliation: Loyola University Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology (Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2007-Apr; vol 51 (issue 2) : pp 151-69
Dates: Created 2007/04/06; Completed 2007/05/25;
PMID: 17412821, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)
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