Assessing the Effect of Batterer Program Completion on Reassault Using Propensity Scores

Autor/inn/en	Jones, Alison Snow; D'Agostino, JR., Ralph B.; Gondolf, Edward W.; Heckert, Alex
Titel	Assessing the Effect of Batterer Program Completion on Reassault Using Propensity Scores
Quelle	In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19 (2004) 9, S.1002-1020 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-2605
DOI	10.1177/0886260504268005
Schlagwörter	Probability; Dropouts; Family Violence; Counseling; Counseling Effectiveness; Recidivism; Program Effectiveness; Males + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Counselling; Beratung; Rückfall; Male; Männliches Geschlecht
Abstract	Recent experimental evaluations have suggested little or no effect of batterer programs on reassault but are compromised by methodological and analytical issues. This study assesses program effect using propensity score analysis with a quasi-experimental sample in an attempt to address these issues. The sample consisted of 633 batterers and their partners from three geographically dispersed batterer programs and a 15-month follow-up with their female partners. Subclassification on propensity scores was used to balance program completers and program dropouts. The propensity score was estimated as the probability of completing the batterer program conditional on observable characteristics. Direct adjustment indicates that program completion reduced the probability of reassault during the 15-month follow-up by 33% for the full sample, and by nearly 50% for the court-ordered men. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10