title: A longitudinal study of arrested batterers, 1995-2005: career criminals.
abstract: An examination of the abuse and criminal careers of 342 men arraigned in the Quincy, Massachusetts, District Court for a crime of domestic violence between 1995 and 1996 through 2004 reveals decade-long criminal and abuse careers largely undeterred by arrest, prosecution, probation supervision, incarceration, and batterer treatment. Although only a minority reabused (32%) or were arrested for any crime (43%) within a year of the study court arraignment, over the next decade, the majority (60%) reabused, and almost three fourths were rearrested for a domestic abuse or non-domestic abuse crime. The research suggests that short-term cessation of domestic violence achieved after a variety of interventions may not indicate longer-term behavior change.
authors.affiliation: Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.forename: Terri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tobin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D019548:Crime Victims; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts / Q000453:epidemiology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception