Assessing the effect of batterer program completion on reassault using propensity scores

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1002-1020

  Jones, Alison Snow ^a   D'Agostino Jr , Ralph B ^a   Gondolf, Edward W ^b,c   Heckert, Alex ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Mid Atl Addict Training Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Batterer programs; Domestic violence; Matching estimators; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BATTERED WOMEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4243140516     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260504268005     Document Type: Article

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