Identifying Key Predictors of Recidivism among Offenders Attending a Batterer Intervention Programa Survival Analysis

  1. Marisol Lila 1
  2. Manuel Martín-Fernández 1
  3. Enrique Gracia 1
  4. Juan J. López-Ossorio 2
  5. José L. González 2
  1. 1 University of Valencia, Spain
  2. 2 Ministry of the Interior, Spain
Journal:
Psychosocial Intervention

ISSN: 1132-0559

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 28

Issue: 3

Pages: 157-167

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5093/PI2019A19 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Strategies to reduce intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) can be targeted at different levels. Batterer intervention programs (BIPs) are among the main treatment approaches for IPVAW offenders. The most common outcome used in the evaluation of BIP effectiveness is recidivism. Efforts to increase BIP effectiveness in reducing recidivism should focus on key predictive variables of this outcome. The aim of this study was to identify key predictors of official recidivism from a large set of variables drawn from a sample of IPVAW offenders court-mandated to a community-based BIP (N = 393), with a follow-up period of between 0 and 69 months. To this end, a survival analysis was conducted using four sets of variables: individual-level, relational- and contextual-level, violence-related, and intervention process-related variables. To include all variables in the analysis simultaneously, a Cox regression model was estimated with the adaptive least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (ALASSO). From a pool of eighty-nine variables, six were selected as key predictors of recidivism: dropout, risk of future violence against non-partners, family violence exposure, immigrant status, accumulation of stressful life events, and trait anger. The area under the receiving operator characteristic (ROC) curve was .808, indicating good prediction of the model. The key predictors of recidivism found in this study should be considered by professionals and researchers in the BIP field to improve their evaluation and intervention strategies. Practical implications for future research are also discussed.

Funding information

This research was supported by the Spanish Ministry for Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Welfare’s National Drug Plan (PND2018/021) and the University of Valencia (UV-INV-AE18-779244). Manuel Martín-Fernández was supported by the FPI program of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (BES-2015-075576).

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