TY - JOUR
T1 - The Operational Challenges for Batterer Intervention Programs
T2 - Results From a 2-Year Study
AU - Morrison, Penelope K.
AU - Hawker, Lynn
AU - Miller, Elizabeth P.
AU - Cluss, Patricia A.
AU - George, Donna
AU - Fleming, Rhonda
AU - Bicehouse, Terry
AU - Wright, Kalem
AU - Burke, Jessica
AU - Chang, Judy C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Support for this work was made possible by grant funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Batterers intervention programs (BIPs) constitute a primary intervention for perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV). There is little understanding as to what operational, or program-level, challenges BIPs face that can impede their effectiveness and adherence to state standards. As part of a 2-year ethnographic study, we conducted 36 individual semistructured interviews with professionals working with BIPs and identified five themes related to program-level challenges for BIPs: (a) information barriers, (b) safety issues, (c) facilitator retention and training, (d) the need for monitoring, and (e) funding constraints. We conclude that continued work needs to be done at both the state and local level, and in coordination with community judicial, mental health, human services, and other agencies to help provide resources that support BIPs in sustained, safe, and as effective as possible work.
AB - Batterers intervention programs (BIPs) constitute a primary intervention for perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV). There is little understanding as to what operational, or program-level, challenges BIPs face that can impede their effectiveness and adherence to state standards. As part of a 2-year ethnographic study, we conducted 36 individual semistructured interviews with professionals working with BIPs and identified five themes related to program-level challenges for BIPs: (a) information barriers, (b) safety issues, (c) facilitator retention and training, (d) the need for monitoring, and (e) funding constraints. We conclude that continued work needs to be done at both the state and local level, and in coordination with community judicial, mental health, human services, and other agencies to help provide resources that support BIPs in sustained, safe, and as effective as possible work.
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260516662307
DO - 10.1177/0886260516662307
M3 - Article
C2 - 27561744
AN - SCOPUS:85066958060
VL - 34
SP - 2674
EP - 2696
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
SN - 0886-2605
IS - 13
ER -