Treating Men Who Batter

This article presents four years of evaluation data from a large treatment program for men who batter their female partners. Follow-up data on violence and threats of violence as reported by female partners is presented for 156 men who completed the treatment program and comparison groups totalling 67 men who received varying amounts of treatment but did not complete the program. Overall, approximately two-thirds of the men who completed treatment were found, at follow-up, to be not violent. Just over half of the men who received some treatment but did not complete treatment were also reported to be not violent at follow-up. As the client population changed, the results of intervention seemed to weaken. The practice implications of these studies and their results are discussed.