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Violence Against Women, Vol. 14, No. 2, 136-157 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801207312396
© 2008 SAGE Publications

A Longitudinal Study of Arrested Batterers, 1995-2005

Career Criminals

Andrew R. Klein

Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.

Terri Tobin

Advocates for Human Potential, Inc.

An examination of the abuse and criminal careers of 342 men arraigned in the Quincy, Massachusetts, District Court for a crime of domestic violence between 1995 and 1996 through 2004 reveals decade-long criminal and abuse careers largely undeterred by arrest, prosecution, probation supervision, incarceration, and batterer treatment. Although only a minority reabused (32%) or were arrested for any crime (43%) within a year of the study court arraignment, over the next decade, the majority (60%) reabused, and almost three fourths were rearrested for a domestic abuse or non–domestic abuse crime. The research suggests that short-term cessation of domestic violence achieved after a variety of interventions may not indicate longer-term behavior change.

Key Words: criminal careers • domestic violence • offenders • reabuse • recidivism • restraining order • victims


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