Substance Abuse and Domestic Violence

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Domestic Violence

Court Dispositions and Rearrest for Intimate Assault

2005 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Wooldredge ◽  
Amy Thistlethwaite
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Residential Stability ◽  
Mandated Treatment ◽  
Entire Sample ◽  
Offender Characteristics ◽  
Court Mandated ◽  
Court Dispositions ◽  
Incidence Prevalence ◽  
Hamilton County

Researchers examining court dispositions and domestic violence recidivism have argued that disposition effectiveness varies by offender characteristics. We extended this research with analyses of 3,662persons arrested for misdemeanor assaults on intimates in Hamilton County, Ohio. The incidence, prevalence, and time to rearrest are examined for arrestees with no filed charges, subsequently dropped charges, court-mandated treatment, probation, jail, and split sentences. No filed charges and probation correspond with significant differences in all outcomes across the entire sample. Moreover, every disposition coincides with differences in rearrest for particular subgroups of arrestees (distinguished by violent histories, substance abuse, cohabitation, race, education, residential stability, and characteristics of neighborhood populations).

Substance Abuse by Men in Partner Abuse Intervention Programs: Current Issues and Promising Trends

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry W. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Substance Abuse Treatment ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Addiction Treatment ◽  
Partner Abuse ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Relative Value ◽  
Standard Of Practice ◽  
Abuse Treatment

This article discusses key studies linking intervention for co-occurring substance abuse and partner abuse. Findings are grouped into three areas: (a) the effect of addictions treatment on partner violence; (b) application of transtheoretical, motivational, and culturally focused approaches to improve engagement and prevent attrition; and (c) assessment-based matching of services. Finally, the relative value of serial, coordinated, and integrated substance abuse programs and partner abuse intervention programs are considered. We reached three primary conclusions: (a) Addiction treatment alone reduces the risk for future domestic violence in a subset of men who batter, (b) screening and assessment for substance abuse by all men in partner abuse intervention programs is a standard of practice but needs to extend beyond “intake” and occur periodically, and (c) coordinated and integrated substance abuse and domestic violence programs probably offer more safety than traditional serial substance abuse treatment followed by partner abuse intervention.

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