title: Change in treatment has no relationship with subsequent re-offending in U.K. domestic violence sample: a preliminary study.
abstract: In this study, data is presented from a sample of 52 male domestic violence offenders who were court mandated to attend a profeminist psycho-educational rehabilitation program in the West Midlands. The extent of both statistically and clinically significant psychological change achieved across a variety of measures (pro-domestic-violence attitudes, anger, locus of control, interpersonal dependency) assessed pre- and post-treatment, and their association with post-treatment re-offending within an 11-month follow-up period is examined. The results indicate that program completers achieved limited significant psychological change. However, the level of psychological change achieved had no association with re-offending.
authors.affiliation: Coventry University, UK.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gilchrist
authors.forename: Anthony R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Beech
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012008:Recurrence; D006113:United Kingdom