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Book SynopsisThis book responds to the debate about the approach and effectiveness of batterer programs, especially in light of the evidence-based practice movement. Through a collection of interviews with well-established batterer program founders and leaders, it answers many misconceptions and misrepresentations and highlights the programs’ contributions.
Trade ReviewThis book by Edward Gondolf represents a collection of full and detailed interviews with the founders or leaders of the batterer programs described in the chapters of this book. It is clear that the book is a result of the continued research and sequential evaluations of the programs that the author has been doing for a long time period. The main attraction of the book is that the interviews themselves are conducted with unique and hard accessible respondents like the founders and long-time working experts whose tenure varies between 25-30 years in the batterer programs. These face to- face interviews with longstanding batterer program leaders allow for the resolution of some of the misrepresentations, misinterpretations, and misconceptions of the batterer programs. * Horizons in Humanities and Social Sciences: An International Refereed Journal *
Edward Gondolf is the world's leading researcher on programs to end men's violence against their intimate partners. In this book, he interviews his colleagues - the pioneers who designed and built these programs - and establishes an important historical record of the origins of batterer intervention as well as sheds light on their successes and challenges. These interviews go beyond the rhetoric of what works or doesn't, to a deeper examination of program evolution and the meaning of success. This is a book that every practitioner and policy maker should read. -- Jeffrey L. Edleson, University of California, Berkeley
From the 24 interviews of this book comes a rich narrative of how intervention programs for abusers emerged and evolved. Gondolf brings a much neglected yet essential type of evidence for understanding the impact of abuser interventions – that of the lived social history and professional experience of some of its leading practitioners, who offer a fascinating inside account of what inspired them to do this work, what they have learned from it, what sustains them, and how it ties into larger social justice movements. -- David Adams, Co-Director, Emerge, author of Why Do They Kill? Men Who Murder Their Intimate Partners
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Respect, Accountability, and Justice Chapter 1: The Duluth Model Chapter 2: Individualized Problem-Solving Chapter 3: Clinical Integration Chapter 4: Activist Oriented Chapter 5: Women Leaders Chapter 6: Other Approaches Chapter 7: Beyond Abusive Men A Final Thought
