Do Car Projects Work?
| Date | 01 December 1996 |
| Published date | 01 December 1996 |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059604300410 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
violence. This would not be a correct
violent behaviour.
inference, as the follow-up
Programme techniques identified as most
questionnaires after three and 12 months
helpful in fostering change were:
revealed. Three months after sentence,
62% of the OCJ sample had committed
o
group discussions;
another violent act but only 30% of the
~
videos depicting familiar scenarios;
programmes sample had done so. One
~
homework involving self-monitoring;
year after initial interview, the
~
learning to take ’time out’ intended to
comparative failure rates were 75% and
divert them from violent acts.
33%. Reports from partners
demonstrated significant differences in
Whereas the programme participants
the frequency of violence over the 12
acquired an alternative discourse, the
months. One
majority of OCJ men seemed almost
year after interview, 37% of
women with OCJ partners reported
completely untouched by any new
frequent violence whereas only 7% of the
notions about their violence,
programme men’s partners reported
responsibility, blameworthiness or the
similarly. The changes achieved
need to
were
change. They were likely to
generally sustained after completion of
attribute any reduction in violence to
the
some form of external constraint
programme, whereas the majority of
(eg
increased
men who
fail by committing a violent act
punishment or cost) rather than
do
to increased internal controls.
so very shortly after the imposition of
sanction, whether a programme or OCJ
Source: Research Evaluation of
outcome.
Programmes for Violent Men by Dobash,
Controlling Behaviour Programme
Dobash, Cavanagh and Lewis, The
participation affected
Scottish
not only violence
Office, 1996, £6 (summarised in
but also the incidence and frequency of
Home Office Research Findings No 46,
associated behaviour, ie threats, shouting,
October 1996).
restrictions on partners’ social life, etc.
Quality of Life Women with programme
Do Car Projects
partners were more likely than OCJ...
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