A Comparison Study of Batterer Intervention and Restorative Justice Programs for Domestic Violence Offenders

现在每个州都将家庭暴力定为刑事犯罪，大多数司法管辖区都依靠施虐者干预方案（BIP）-将男性罪犯群体聚集在一起，参加与暴力有关的教育方案-作为打击累犯的主要手段。 NIJ最近的研究对BIP的有效性提出了严重的质疑，注意到态度和行为变化的证据很少，高损耗率，以及与受害者的不一致接触。 本研究采用随机设计，比较现有的BIP和实验性恢复性司法干预家庭暴力罪犯的有效性。 后者被称为CCP，使用恢复性司法方法，通过将罪犯与促进者和专业人员聚集在一起，制定具体的治疗计划，启动罪犯的行为改变，以减少暴力行为。 这项研究将在亚利桑那州圣克鲁斯县的一个刑事法庭进行两年多，这是一个靠近墨西哥边境的低收入拉丁裔社区。 本研究将60名罪犯随机分配到两种干预措施之一：BIP（对照组）或CCP（实验组）。 这项研究的目的是确定社区合作伙伴计划在减少暴力方面是否比基本实施计划更有效，因为社区合作伙伴计划是针对犯罪者和相关方的，并承认必须解决各种影响，以实现可持续的暴力减少。

Every state now criminalizes domestic violence, and most jurisdictions rely on Batterer's Intervention Programs (BIPs) -- which bring groups of male offenders together for educational programs related to that violence -- as the primary means of combating recidivism. Recent NIJ research raises serious questions about BIPs' effectiveness, noting little evidence of attitudinal and behavioral change, high attrition rates, and inconsistent contact with victims. The current study uses a randomized design to compare the effectiveness of an existing BIP and an experimental restorative justice intervention for domestic violence offenders. The latter, dubbed CCP, uses a restorative justice approach to reduce violent behavior by bringing the offender together with a facilitator and a professional to develop a specific treatment plan that initiates the offender's behavioral change. The research will be conducted over two years in a criminal court in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, a predominantly low-income Latino community near the Mexican border. This study randomly assigns 60 offenders to one of two interventions: BIP (control group) or CCP (experimental group). The objective of this research is to determine whether CCPs are more effective in reducing violence than BIPs, given that CCPs are tailored to the offender and related parties and acknowledge that a variety of influences must be addressed in order to achieve a sustainable reduction in violence.