INTERVENTIONS FOR MEN WHO BATTER - DO WE KNOW WHAT WORKS

This article discusses controversies in the field of offender treatmen t and reviews what is known about treatment effectiveness. Thus far, v ery little is known from research findings about effective treatments, as few well-controlled studies have been conducted to date. Some inno vative approaches to retaining men in treatment show promising results . The article also focuses on definitions of program success and sugge sts ways to Judge the quality of program evaluations. (C) 1996 John Wi ley & Sons, Inc.