Intervention outcomes for male DV offendersPreliminary Data

Gilbert MacVaugh and Alan Rosenbaum (Unpublished)

Demographics

N= 1,150 male DV offenders (Based on all 1999 DV arrests for whom data were available in Worcester District Court

Age: Mean= 32.09 Years (S.D.= 9.65) Race: 54% Caucasian, 19% AF-AM, 24%

Hispanic, 4% Asian-AM, 2.4% Unknown origin Included Offenses: A&B, A&B w/ dangerous

weapon, Violation of restraining order, Criminal threatening (All against female partner).

Criminal Justice System Response

Arrest Only: n=540 (24.8%) Probation: n=133 (11.5%) Incarceration: n=164 (14.2%) Anger Management: n= 91 (7.9%) Certified BIP: n=74 (6.4%) Substance Abuse Eval or Tx: n=28 (2.4%) Other Counseling: n=19 (1.6%) Treatment non-completers: n=106 (9.1%)

Recidivism

Overall Re-offense rate: 40% ( Between 1999 and 2004)

Type of re-offenseDV- 18%Non DV- 15%DV plus Non-DV- 23%

Recidivism

Compared to the criminal justice intervention only (arrest, incarceration, etc.), offenders having any type of treatment had significantly lower rates of recidivism (31.5% vs. 41.6%) and

Fewer number of re-offenses (0.46 compared to 0.79).

Recidivism by disposition

Arrest only 33.2% Probation only 36.1% Incarceration 56.7% Anger Management 22.0% Certified BIP 35.1% Substance abuse Tx only42.9% Counseling unspecified 47.4% Treatment non-completers 67.6%

Mean number of re-offenses by 2004 by intervention

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0.4

0.6

0.8

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1.2

1.4

1.6

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Probation

Incarceration

Anger Mgm

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Cert. BIP

Subst. Ab.

Counseling

Non Comp

Mean Number of Months to Re-offense by intervention

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10

15

20

25