DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

1. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia SUPERVISION AND TREATMENT MODULES

2. This is an updated photo of Carolyn Thomas before her face was destroyed in a shooting.

3. Besides the jaw, tissue, and bone, Carolyn lost an eye, nose, and upper lip.

4. Terrence Kelly leaves court April 15, 2005, in Waco. He was convicted of shooting Carolyn Thomas in the face and killing her mother in 2003. He is serving a life sentence.

5. Life Begins Anew

6. Domestic ViolenceDefinition Domestic violence is a form of physical, psychological, or emotional assault, threat, harassment, intimidation, or destruction of property directed at gaining or maintaining power and control over others in the context of an intimate or family relationship.

7. FACT Battering is the establishment of control and fear in a relationship through violence and other forms of abuse. The batterer uses acts of violence and a series of behaviors, including intimidation, threats, psychological abuse, isolation, etc. to coerce and to control the other person. The violence may not happen often, but it remains as a hidden (and constant) terrorizing factor.

8. FACT One in three women victimized by their spouses or ex-spouses report they had been victimized over and over again by the same person.”

9. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPERVISION

10. WHAT ARE SUPERVISION CSO RESPONSIBILITIES • Conduct the CSOSA Risk/Needs Assessment (Assign Supervision Level) • Develop a Prescriptive Supervision Plan • Monitor Special Conditions • Make Referrals

11. Domestic Violence is a CRIMINAL ACT which may involve: • Assault • Battery • Threats • Stalking • Destruction of Property • Telephone Misuse

12. Domestic Violence and the Law Domestic Violence Prevention Act of 1991 Requires police officers to make an arrest if there is probable cause that a person is responsible for an intra-family offense that resulted in physical injury or was intended to cause a reasonable fear of injury or death.

13. Anti-stalking against repeat violence pursuant to s.784 or an injunction for protection against domestic violence pursuant to S741.30, or after any other court-imposed prohibition of conduct toward the subject person that person’s property, knowingly, willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or harasses another person, commits the offense of aggravated stalking, which is a felony of the third degree. Any law enforcement officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person he or she has probable cause to believe has violated the provision of this section. Domestic Violence and the Law

14. 5 TYPES OF CASES • CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER • DEFERRED SENTENCING AGREEMENT • PROBATION • PAROLE • SUPERVISED RELEASE

15. Domestic Violence Special Conditions • General/Special Conditions • Domestic/Family Violence Intervention Program • Community Service • Anger Management • Global Positioning System (GPS)

16. Domestic Violence Special Conditions, Continued… • Drug Tests • Drug Treatment • Obtain/Maintain Employment • GED

17. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TREATMENT PROGRAM

18. What is a batterer? • Batterer Someone who uses not only physical abuse but, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and other behaviors that assert control and power- • Battering is a learned behavior

19. Batterers come from every social, economic, ethnic professional, educational and religious group • Males are abusers in 95% of Domestic Violence cases.

20. What does a Batterer Look Like?

21. What does a Batterer Look Like?

22. What does a Victim Look Like?

23. What does a Victim Look Like?

24. Common Characteristics • Jealously • Jekyll & Hyde personalities • History of family violence • Fear of abandonment (dependence on relationships) • Blame others for their Violence • View of opposite sex (beliefs) equality weaker sex

25. Common Characteristics • Traditional sex role expectations • Communication deficits • Poor impulse control • Low self- esteem • Abusive Childhood • Denial

26. Characteristics of a Batterer • Batterers often fear abandonment such as: • Divorce • Separation • Imagined infidelity (Dutton)

27. What we see • 23- 41 years of age • Significant portion are under/unemployed • Substantial portion of African American males • Varying socio-economic background • More likely to be not married • Significant portion have alcohol/substance histories • Significant Number report

28. Domestic Violence Intervention Program: Mission • To eliminate battering behavior within intimate and familial relationships. • To decrease the recidivism rate for domestic violence offenses within the District of Columbia.

29. Program Goals • The goal of this psycho/social educational treatment program is to end assaultive behavior in relationships by providing services to those men and women who either admit to violent, threatening and/or menacing behavior, or who are accused or found guilty of threats, assault, battery or any other offense related to domestic conflict.

30. Treatment Objectives • Accept responsibility for battering, assaulting, and/or threatening behavior. • Learn why violence is used to solve problems. • Understand the processes necessary to change behavior. • Increase constructive expressions of emotions, listening skills, and anger control.

31. Treatment Objectives, Continued • Gain better self-control. • Decrease isolation of the batterer and develop potential support systems. • Understand the inter-generational aspects of battering and family violence. • Elicit commitments to end violent behavior in intimate and familial relationships. • Teach alternative strategies to resolving conflicts within intimate and familial relationships (Safety Plan/Equality Wheel…).

32. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM DVIP DULUTH MODEL • Diad facilitators. • DVIP Abuse based on Power and Control. • Psycho-educational models augmented by: Safety Plan and Control Log

33. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM GROUP TYPES: • Domestic Violence Groups • Family Violence Groups • Anger Management Groups • Fee Based Groups/Non-Fee Groups • English/Non-English Speaking Groups • Individual Counseling (one-on-one) • 22 weeks, 12 weeks (90 minute sessions)

34. Facilitator Responsibilities • Support, encourage and facilitate the participants in the change process. • To hold participant accountable for further acts of violence and for failure to complete the program. • To keep the group focused on the issues of violence, abuse, control, and change.

35. Facilitator Responsibilities • To facilitate reflective and critical thinking about domestic and family violence. • To maintain an atmosphere that is compassionate, challenging, non-colluding and change enabling. • To provide new information and teach non-controlling skills. • To facilitate a healthy group process.

36. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING TOOLS AND RESOURCES

37. DVIP Blue Book Pg. 29; Pink Book Pg. 25

39. SAFETY PLAN

40. CONTROL LOG • ACTIONS:Briefly describe the situation and the actions you used to control your partner or family member(i.e., statements, gestures, tone of voice, physical contact, facial expressions). • INTENTS AND BELIEFS:What did you want to happen in this situation? • What beliefs do you have that support your actions and intents? • FEELINGS:What feelings were you having? • MINIMIZATION, DENIAL, AND BLAME:In what ways did you minimize or deny your actions or blame your partner or family member? • EFFECTS:What was the impact of your action— • On you: • On her/him: • On others: • PAST VIOLENCE: How did your past use of violence affect this situation? • NON-CONTROLLING BEHAVIORS: What could you have done differently

41. The District of Columbia Coordinated Community Response • Metropolitan Police Department • United States Attorney’s Office • D.C. Superior Court • Office of the Attorney General • CSOSA • WEAVE • Crime Victim’s Compensation • SAFE

49. Batterer Intervention Program •1974 Anne Ganley started the first BIP at the Veterans Administration in Tacoma, WA. – • At this point in time knowledge was extrapolated from the drug & alcohol field and cognitive behavioral theory and used to develop BIP. It was during this time that the battered women’s movement began to focus attention on the criminal justice system. Until this time mediation, counseling and non-criminalization was the typical way these cases were handled. • 2nd Wave Batterer Intervention •The early 1980’s Rapid proliferation of BIP’s Community Mental Health training staff to provide services Drunk Driving/Highway Safety classes start offering services The Duluth Model of DAIP • • During the late 1980’s the gap between the domestic violence service providers and the mental health community which offered BIP’s widened. • 2nd Wave Batterer InterventionBIP’s growing in number! Why did this happen? Trend and focus shifting from drunk driving to domestic violence The development of the CCR The user friendly model of Duluth, DAIP (many BIP’s say they use this model but in actuality do not). State standards for BIP’s: As of August 1, 2005 there are 44 States with standards