Intimate partner and nonintimate violence history among drug-using, incarcerated men

There has been limited research focused on examining intimate and nonintima te violence perpetration patterns among incarcerated men. The purpose of th is applied research study war to examine demographic, family, mental health , drug use, and criminal justice history among three groups of drug-using, incarcerated men: (a) those who report no violence of any kind (n = 47), (b ) those who report nonintimate-only violence (n = 164), and (c) those who r eport both intimate and nonintimate violence-generally violent men (n = 298 ). There were very few men in this sample who reported perpetrating only in timate partner violence; thus, they were excluded from further comparisons. Results indicated the no-violence men were less antisocial, less drug invo lved, and reported fewer emotional problems and less family conflict. Gener ally, violent men reported more drug use, emotional problem, family conflic t, and abuse victimization experiences than either the nonintimate-only vio lence or the no-violence groups. Implications for prison-based treatment an d prerelease planning are discussed.