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Violence Against Women, Vol. 14, No. 5, 589-605 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208315526
© 2008 SAGE Publications

The Men's Domestic Abuse Check-Up

A Protocol for Reaching the Nonadjudicated and Untreated Man Who Batters and Who Abuses Substances

Roger A. Roffman

University of Washington

Jeffrey L. Edleson

University of Minnesota

Clayton Neighbors

University of Washington

Lyungai Mbilinyi

University of Washington

Denise Walker

University of Washington

Batterer intervention programs primarily work with individuals mandated to participate. Commonly, attrition is high and outcomes are modest. Motivational enhancement therapy (MET), most widely studied in the substance abuse field, offers a potentially effective approach to improving self-referral to treatment, program retention, treatment compliance, and posttreatment outcomes among men who batter and who abuse substances. A strategy for using a catalyst variant of MET (a "check-up") to reach untreated, nonadjudicated perpetrators is described in detail. Unique challenges in evaluating the success of this approach are discussed, including attending to victim safety and determining indicators of increased motivation for change.

Key Words: abusers • check-up • motivational


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