During the six months following an episode of domestic violence, 32% of
battered women are victimized again.
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Preventing
Domestic Violence Against Women, 1986.
47% of men who beat their wives do so at least 3 times per year.
AMA Diagnostic & Treatment Guidelines
on Domestic Violence, SEC: 94-677:3M:9/94 (1994).
Short term (6-12 week) psycho-educational batterer-intervention programs
helped some batterers stop immediate physical violence but were inadequate
in stopping abuse over time. some batterers became more sophisticated in
their psychological abuse and intimidation after attending such programs.
American Psychology. Association,
Violence and the Family: Report of the American Psychological Association
Presidential Task Force on Violence and the Family (1996), p. 85.
Six months after obtaining a protection order: 8% of victims reported
post-order physical abuse; 26% reported respondent came to or called their
home or workplace; 65% reported no further problems.
CPOs: the Benefits and Limitations
for Victims of Domestic Violence, National Center for State Courts Research
Report, 1997
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