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Treatment of partner aggressive women
- Authors:
- LEISRING Penny A., DOWD Lynn, ROSENBAUM Alan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 7(1/2), 2002, pp.257-277.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The examination of partner aggression perpetrated by women has been a controversial but important development in domestic violence research. Previous studies have suggested that women's use of aggression in romantic relationships may place women at increased risk of being assaulted by their partners. Furthermore, children who witness the aggression may be at increased risk for mental health and behavioural problems. This article describes what we know about the characteristics of partner aggressive women, and how this information might inform our understanding of their behavior and the design of treatment programmes to assist them. The group treatment programme for partner aggressive woman at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is described in detail. Recommendations about necessary components of treatment for aggressive women and a description of how treatment for female perpetrators should differ from treatment for male batterers are provided. Suggestions are made for future research to evaluate current programmes and to further develop and refine effective treatments. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street Binghamton, NY 13904-1580)
Group intervention programmes for batterers
- Authors:
- ROSENBAUM Alan, LEISRING Penny A.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 5(2), 2001, pp.57-73.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Batterer intervention programmes are extremely diverse yet share many common strategies. This article summarises the relevant issues, and provides an overview of the intervention strategies most commonly included in these programmes. Issues discussed include confidentiality, group structure and length, partner contacts, leadership configuration, and program goals. In the second part of the paper, topics and strategies are presented. These include power and control, anger management, time-out, feelings underlying anger, stress reduction, parenting, and the costs of aggression, substance abuse, communication, and cognitions.