Dennis R E, Key L J, Kirk A L, Smith A
Department of Political Science and Sociology, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 37044, USA.
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This paper focuses on the problem of spouse abuse in the African American community and discusses intervention programs designed to reduce domestic violence. The problem of domestic violence is not new. However, there is increased concern about it, such that the criminal justice system has changed its policy toward this act. This policy considers domestic violence a crime, and arrest the most efficient way to prevent it. Further, providing counseling programs to men is one of the efforts some criminal justice departments are now using. The two programs discussed in this paper are programs used by the criminal justice system. They are designed to prevent repeated domestic violence by focusing on the education of conflict resolution to deal with anger, denial, and jealousy, and the development of interpersonal skills that assist in channeling anger and poor interpersonal communication into positive modes of conduct. Some characteristics of batterers are noted.
本文聚焦于非裔美国人社区中的配偶虐待问题，并探讨旨在减少家庭暴力的干预项目。家庭暴力问题并非新鲜事。然而，人们对其愈发关注，以至于刑事司法系统已改变对此类行为的政策。该政策将家庭暴力视为犯罪，并认为逮捕是预防它的最有效方式。此外，为男性提供咨询项目是一些刑事司法部门目前正在采取的举措之一。本文所讨论的两个项目是刑事司法系统所采用的项目。它们旨在通过专注于解决冲突的教育以应对愤怒、否认和嫉妒情绪，以及培养有助于将愤怒和不良人际沟通转化为积极行为模式的人际交往技能，来预防反复发生的家庭暴力。文中还指出了施虐者的一些特征。
