The Criminogenic and Noncriminogenic Treatment Needs of Intimate Partner Violence Offenders

• Date: 01 August 2018
• DOI: 10.1177/0306624X17740015
• Author: N. Zoe Hilton,Dana L. Radatz
• Published date: 01 August 2018
• Subject Matter: Articles

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International Journal of

Offender Therapy and

Comparative Criminology

2018, Vol. 62(11) 3247 –3259

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The Criminogenic and

Noncriminogenic Treatment

Needs of Intimate Partner

Violence Offenders

N. Zoe Hilton1 and Dana L. Radatz2

Abstract

The criminogenic needs of general offenders have been empirically studied, but the

criminogenic treatment needs of intimate partner violence (IPV) offenders, or how

they compare with other violent or nonviolent offenders, have not been as thoroughly

explored. Therefore, we examined and compared the criminogenic and noncriminogenic

needs of 99 IPV offenders, 233 non-IPV violent offenders, and 103 nonviolent offenders,

all of whom were men who had undergone institutional forensic assessment. Results

indicated that IPV offenders had more treatment needs than the other two offender

groups, including the Central Eight criminogenic needs. These findings support a focus

on criminogenic treatment needs in batterer intervention programs for men, consistent

with the principles of effective intervention for offenders.

Keywords

intimate partner violence, principles of effective intervention, criminogenic needs,

noncriminogenic needs, IPV

Introduction

As a result of new pro-arrest and mandatory arrest policies in the United States and

Canada in the mid-1980s, the criminal justice system encountered an influx of inti-

mate partner violence (IPV) offenders (Hilton & Harris, 2009).1 As a response, U.S.

courts began sentencing IPV offenders to community-based batterer intervention

1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Waypoint Research Institute, Penetanguishene,

Ontario, Canada

2Niagara University, NY, USA

Corresponding Author:

Dana L. Radatz, Niagara University, P.O. Box 1941, Niagara University, NY 14109, USA.

Email: dradatz@niagara.edu

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