title: New directions in the treatment of men who batter women.
abstract: Singular paradigms and simple solutions are not sufficient in addressing the complex and historically sanctioned practice of wife battering. In this article I examine two philosophical approaches to the treatment of men who beat women and how epistemology shapes the assumptions that drive interventions and guide research. A selected review of 8 years of outcome research in batterer intervention reveals inconsistencies in measuring both physical and psychological violence and in how and when those measures are obtained. In addition, there has been a failure to examine violence in the context of community that includes court-ordered treatment and probation monitoring. Failure to address the epistemological assumptions behind why men beat women results in poorly developed interventions and may endanger women as well.
authors.affiliation: Psychosocial and Community Health Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. aprila@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gerlock
mesh_terms: D000786:Anger; D003376:Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D009042:Motivation; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome