Rola programów edukacyjno-korekcyjnych w kształtowaniu postaw i przekonań skazanych sprawców przemocy domowej
The role of battered intervention programs in formation the attitudes and beliefs of the convicted perpetrators of domestic violence

Summary/Abstract: The battered intervention programs are an important part of the system of preventing domestic violence. The main purpose of them is that the violence should stop and eliminate. These programs are related to correcting defective attitudes and beliefs of perpetrators that support or excuse violence towards family members. Many studies have shown relatively low effectiveness of these programs however, they have not provided clear evidence of their ineffectiveness. The aim of this article is an attempt to answer the question: Do such programs actually shape the attitudes and beliefs of perpetrators of domestic violence? The author has analysed the data of the survey which was carried out in nine prisons in the Podkarpackie Voivodship. The sample consisted of 277 convicted perpetrators of domestic violence. They were made up of 133 men who have completed the batterer intervention programs (experimental group) and 144 men who have never participated in them (control group). Studies have shown there were no statistically significant differences between the two groups of perpetrators. Their attitudes and beliefs about their own violent behaviours in family were relatively similar.

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