Brown School, 7548Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
School of Social Work, 12329The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2021 Jul;22(3):496-511. doi: 10.1177/1524838019865927. Epub 2019 Jul 30.
This meta-analysis updates the literature on the effectiveness of batterer intervention programs (BIPs) in decreasing recidivism of domestic violence (DV) by focusing on studies with nontreated comparison groups ( = 17). Included studies were published between 1986 and 2016, and 14 of the 17 provided sufficient information for the meta-analysis. Analysis focused on three reported outcomes: DV recidivism reported by the criminal justice system, intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration assessed by the survivor, and general offense recidivism reported by the criminal justice system. Results of meta-analysis indicated that BIPs were effective in decreasing DV recidivism and general offense recidivism when reported by the criminal justice system, but not when assessed by the survivor. BIP participants were about 3 times less likely to have DV recidivism and about 2.5 times less likely to have general offense recidivism, compared to nontreated control/comparison groups. The pooled effect size varied, however, by research design. Specifically, results indicated a nonsignificant pooled effect size for randomized controlled trials but a significant pooled effect size for quasi-experimental design studies. Implications for future practice and research are discussed.
本荟萃分析通过关注具有未治疗对照组的研究（n = 17），更新了关于施暴者干预项目（BIP）在降低家庭暴力（DV）累犯率方面的有效性的文献。纳入的研究发表于 1986 年至 2016 年之间，其中 17 项研究中的 14 项提供了进行荟萃分析的充分信息。分析重点关注三个报告的结果：刑事司法系统报告的 DV 累犯率、幸存者评估的亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）发生率以及刑事司法系统报告的一般犯罪累犯率。荟萃分析结果表明，BIP 可有效降低刑事司法系统报告的 DV 累犯率和一般犯罪累犯率，但对幸存者评估的结果无效。与未治疗的对照组相比，BIP 参与者的 DV 累犯率降低了约 3 倍，一般犯罪累犯率降低了约 2.5 倍。然而，研究设计的差异导致汇总效应大小有所不同。具体而言，随机对照试验的汇总效应大小无统计学意义，但准实验设计研究的汇总效应大小有统计学意义。讨论了对未来实践和研究的影响。
