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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Where Are Batterer Programs Headed? | |
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| A Snapshot of Batterer Programs Today | |
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| The Purpose and Content of the Book | |
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| Reporting and Research | |
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| The Audience | |
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| Sorting Out Batterer Programs | |
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| The Uncertain State of Batterer Programs | |
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| A Diversity of Views | |
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| The Inherent Tensions Facing Batterer Programs | |
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| The Evidence-Based Practice Movement | |
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| Research Findings versus the Real-World Context | |
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| Integrating Research and Practice | |
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| The Debate about Program Effectiveness | |
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| The "Doesn't Work" Chant | |
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| Experimental Evaluations | |
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| Meta-Analyses and Effect Sizes | |
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| Statistical Modeling | |
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| Conclusion: Making Sense of It All | |
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| The New Psychology of Batterers | |
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| The Cognitive-Behavioral and Psychodynamic Divide | |
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| Which Counseling Approach? | |
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| Attachment Theory Lacks Outcome Evidence | |
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| Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches | |
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| Contributions of the Duluth Program | |
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| Conclusion: Challenging the Divide | |
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| The Many Efforts to Categorize Batterers | |
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| Not All the Same | |
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| Extending the New Psychology | |
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| Batterer Typologies | |
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| Change Stages and Motivational Interviewing | |
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| Couples Counseling | |
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| Culturally Focused Groups | |
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| Conclusion: Toward More Engagement and Help | |
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| The System Matters | |
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| Risk Management in the Intervention System | |
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| The Uses and Misuses of Risk Assessment | |
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| Choices in Assessment and Instruments | |
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| Risk Assessment as a Process | |
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| Toward a Coordinated Community Response | |
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| Conclusion: Using Assessment Wisely | |
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| Implementation, Implementation | |
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| The Call for Systems Thinking | |
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| Research on Coordinated Community Response | |
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| Evidence of Implementation Shortfalls | |
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| Building a Coordinated Community Response | |
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| Conclusion: Facing the Challenge of Coordination | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| A Summary of Batterer Program Evidence | |
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| Some Final Thoughts | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |