Batterer Intervention Paper

Batterer intervention programs are directly connected to the criminal justice system; it plays a very important role in the battling domestic violence. Batterer intervention programs are very diverse in their techniques and strategies, mostly because of their differences in the definition of abuse. There are multiple factors that go into how a program operates; philosophy, personal experience, research findings, and self-interest (Healey, 1998). The ideological differences between BIPs often creates a misunderstanding between program providers and criminal justice practitioners (Healey, 1998). The emergence of intervention programs was to tackle the problem of reoffending after incarceration. Many batterers who were incarcerated for a short period of time often continued to abuse their partners after release. Also, many victims wanted to remain with their partners for many reasons, in spite of repeated abuse. One major reasons was that incarceration often posed financial problems for victims (Price, 2009). This has led courts to incorporate psychoeducational …show more content…
This program addressed men’s desire for control over their partners, teaching them other (non-criminal) ways to resolve conflicts with their intimate partners. The very first batterer intervention program was established in Boston, Massachusetts; EMERGE was formed by a group of men who saw the need for an intervention program that approached domestic violence as a cognitive problem; this program operates as a psychoeducational program. Some other programs established in the 1970’s were RAVEN in St. Louis, AMEND in Denver, Manalive in Marin County California, the Domestic Assault Program in Tacoma Washington, and Men Stopping Violence in Atlanta (Adams,