Comprehensive survey of BIP characteristics

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Comprehensive survey of BIP characteristics

• Eric Mankowski, Ph.D.
• Associate Professor
• Department of Psychology
• Portland State University
• mankowskie_at_pdx.edu

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Background and Purpose of BIP Survey

• 11 year collaborative partnership of PSU and
  Oregon BIPs
• Identify existing programs
• Document changes in the number of programs and
  practices
• Assess the impact of legislative standards
• Provide resource for referrals
• Increase communication among BIPs
• Increase knowledge about BIPs in CCR

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Prior BIP surveys

• 1982 Roberts (44 BIPs national sample)
• 1984 Eddy Myers (75 BIPs national sample)
• 1985 Finn (13 BIPs, N. Carolina)
• 1985 Pirog-Good Stets-Kealey (59 BIPs
• national sample)
• 2003 Rothman et al./WHO study
• (56 BIPs from 38 countries)
• 2007 Dalton (150 BIPs national sample)

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Oregon Study Design

• 2001 survey BIPs
• 2004 survey BIPs
• 2006 BIP standards legislation
• 2008 survey BIPs

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2001/4 Survey Questions

• 4 Domains
• General Program Goals and Orientation
• Program Practices
• Clients
• Facilitators
• Feedback about the survey

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1. General Program Goals and Orientation

• What is the philosophical and/or theoretical
  orientation of your program?
• What program materials or books do you use?
• Do you use the Duluth curriculum?
• Do you offer culturally specific groups? If yes,
  for whom? (which populations, etc.)
• Does your organization specialize in anything in
  particular? (i.e., dual diagnosis, etc.)
• Does your organization work closely with local
  victim advocates?
• If yes, with whom (organizations, people, etc.)?
• Does your organization work closely with a local
  domestic violence counsel?
• If yes, please describe how you work with them?
• How does your organization work with the local
  probation department?
• Is there an endorsement process in your county?
• If yes, who provides the endorsement?
• Is your organization endorsed?
• Does your organization offer services for
  court-mandated women?
• Does your organization provide gender specific
  groups or coed groups?
• How long has your program for abusive men been in
  existence?
• Is your agency profit or non-profit?
• Who else provides services for abusive men in
  your area?

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2. Program Practices

• What is your standard intake procedure?
• What kind of assessment tools do you use?
• How many batterer intervention groups are offered
  by your organization?
• How is group time divided, normally?
• What are the fees for your program?
• What fee arrangements do you make available for
  clients? (installment payments, sliding scale,
  insurance, etc.)
• What is the standard length of your program from
  intake to completion?
• What requirements does your organization have of
  clients in order to complete the program?
• What measures does your organization use to
  determine when a man has successfully completed
  your program?

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3. Clients

• Approximately, how many clients do you currently
  serve?
• What percentage of your organizations clients
  complete program?
• What percentage of your clients are court
  mandated?

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4. Facilitators

• How many group facilitators does your
  organization employ?
• Do you offer co-facilitated groups?
• If yes, are they co-facilitated by counselors of
  different genders?
• What are the credentials of most of the
  counselors at your organization?

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Survey Feedback

• Are you aware of the Oregon Batterers
  Intervention Providers Association?
• Would you like to receive some additional
  information about this group?
• Was there anything that I didnt ask you that you
  feel would be important for me to know about your
  organization?
• Do you have any additional feedback for me about
  the survey?

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Sample BIP location
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Sample BIP group meeting room
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Team of student researchers
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Oregon DOJ Website - BIP standards
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Sample BIP Directory Entry
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BIPs in Oregon
Oregon Batterer Intervention Programs
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Oregon BIP Google Map
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2008 Survey

• Questions
• Process
• Preliminary findings

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BIPs outside the U.S./Canada not in 2003 WHO
survey

• Japan
• Are their BIPs in Japan?
• What are the characteristics of any BIPs in Japan?

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(Maruyama Mankowski, 2005)
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Future Directions

• Additional research
• evaluate BIP effectiveness
• correlate of BIPs and BI groups with DV arrests
• Create interactive website directory
• enable programs to self-edit program listing
• Assess compliance with BIP standards
• Feedback to BIPs and DOJ