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Many people expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of batterer intervention programs in Kansas City. Over time the number of these programs has grown substantially. Up until about ten years ago, Kansas City had a single batterer intervention program which worked closely with the courts. The program had an office at the courthouse and initiated contact with the defendant as soon as he was assigned to the program.
The program later lost its court-based office because of space constraints and because of the growth in new programs, in one person's opinion. Batterer intervention programs are not subject to state- or city-wide guidelines and the program's length and features vary widely. At one point, a provider allowed batterers to complete the program in a single weekend. Several years ago, Project Assist facilitated an effort to address concerns about the quality of these services, and met with the providers informally to develop standards for intervention programs.
These standards serve as a guide to help referring agencies select a program, but they are not enforced. Since probation is unsupervised for Kansas City Municipal Court cases, defendants who do not comply with orders for batterer intervention programs historically have not been charged quickly with noncompliance, if at all. For example, one man assigned to the batterer intervention program did not comply for six years and saw no repercussions.
Recently, the Municipal Court judge established a policy requiring programs to report noncompliance within two months. For state cases, the batterer intervention programs deal directly with the probation officer, and one person felt that compliance on these cases is generally better. Some shelters in the area plan to begin their own batterer intervention programs in the near future in response to the perceived need for better quality services. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0990-0379. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 5 minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection.
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Excerpt from article: “Confusion occurs when we begin to equate “battering” to all acts of “domestic violence.” The comparison is erroneous, as not all violence by intimate partners follows the systematic pattern of control, intimidation, and domination that is typical of battering. Grasping that there are important differences in partner violence is crucial for researcher,practitioners, and advocates since this understanding would guide the forging of effective interventions for victims and perpetrators.” Introduction to the Spanish adaptation of Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter This is the introductory chapter of a Spanish adaptation of the Duluth curriculum Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter. The Spanish curriculum Creando un Processo de Cambio para Hombres que Maltratan provides Spanish versions of key curriculum materials that a project working with Spanish-speaking men could use as a starting point for developing men’s classes using the Duluth approach. A free copy of the Spanish curriculum materials is available to rural grantees who are working with Spanish-speaking men who batter and who attend training on how to use it (provided periodically by Praxis and the Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project/National Training Project).Others can purchase the curriculum and attend training (see below). Rural grantees: for information on attending training and receiving free Spanish curriculum materials contact: Praxis International (218) 525-0487 x 251 Others: for more information about purchasing the curriculum or attending a training, contact: National Training Project (218) 722-2781 x 117 Organizing Communities to Challenge Violence Against Women Shamita Das Dasgupta This handbook is offered as a practical guide to gathering a community’s energies around the issue of domestic violence.
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It focuses on assisting individuals who would become grassroots organizers to enhance their competency. It familiarizes activists, advocates, and organizers with concepts, strategies, and skills that may guide their work. It is intended to provoke critical thinking and provide direction to individuals who hope to engage others in collective resistance to intimate violence against women. The handbook is intended to serve the dual purpose of educating individuals who would be directly involved in community organizing, as well as expanding the abilities of individuals who would train others.
Thus, it is divided in two parts: (1) concepts and topics significant to community organizing, and (2)skill building. The two sections together furnish a comprehensive picture of community organizing as an ideology, praxis, and a usable set of specific skills. To order, contact: Manavi, Inc. Box 3103 New Brunswick, NJ Phone (732) 435-1414 Fax: (732) 435-1411 Email: Website: The Batterer as Parent; Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics Lundy Bancroft, Jay G. Silverman The Batterer as Parent provides an extensive analysis of the impact a batterer has on family dynamics and further deepens our understanding of the trauma done to the children of battered women.
It provides a useful framework for assessing risk to children from batterers; as a parent, as a high risk incest perpetrator, in undermining a battered mother’s credibility as a parent, and in custody and visitation disputes. Most significantly, it addresses what children need to heal from being exposed to a batterer’s behavior. “As some one with 30 years of experience working with the police and the courts in a more collaborative response to domestic violence, I found that The Batterer as Parent left me with a fresh perspective and new ideas for clinical practice and research in this area. I am confident that other readers will be stimulated in a similar fashion. I hope that this book comes to be seen as required reading for all judges, lawyers, custody evaluators, child protection workers, therapists, and advocates involved in domestic violence cases.” -Peter Jaffe, PhD., Director, Center for Children and Families in the Justice System Available through your local or online bookstore. Why Does He Do That?
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Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men Lundy Bancroft, 2002 Lundy Bancroft has worked with abusive men for over fifteen years but acknowledges that the most influential “teachers” he has had have been the victims of angry and controlling men. This book provides powerful insights based on professional experiences, interviews and research. He devotes an entire chapter to exploring abusive men as parents. “Most books about abuse in relationships focus on women – how they’re hurt,why they stay. As important as these questions are, they can also distract us from the heart of the problem. Bancroft boldly asks – and brilliantly answers – the most important question of all: Why do so many men abuse women: What can be done about it?
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This book is desperately needed and long overdue.” – Jackson Katz, creator of the award-winning video Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity Available through your local or online bookstore.