Batterer program participants who repeatedly reassault: Psychopathic tendencies and other disorders

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 361-380

  Gondolf, E W ^a   White, R J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b New Jersey Department of Human Services   (United States)

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EID: 0035315655     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088626001016004006     Document Type: Article

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40. White, R. J., & Gondolf, E. W. (2000). Implications of personality profiles for batterers treatment. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 15, 467-488. Edward W. Gondolf, Ed.D., MPH, is associate director of research at the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute and professor of sociology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He has authored numerous articles and several books on domestic violence, the most recent of which is Assessing Women Battering in Mental Health Services. Robert J. White, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist for the State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, Woodbine Developmental Center, Woodbine, New Jersey. He previously worked as a graduate assistant at the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute and as a predoctoral intern at a state psychiatric hospital in New Jersey. His clinical and research interests are in the areas of personality assessment, especially the use of the Millon inventories with offender populations, and in the treatment of violent offenders.