Past Issues
Current Status of Management for Domestic Violence
Assailants
Shih-Chi Lin, M.D., M.S.1,2 Shiou-Ping Chen, M.S., Ph.D. candidate1 Feng-Ching Sun, M.S.3 Frank Huang-Chih Chou, M.D., M.S., Ph.D.1,2,4
Object: This study investigated the current
status of treatment programs for domestic violence
(DV) assailants in Taiwan. Method: Data
were collected from sixty-three facilities using a
questionnaire designed by the researchers. Results:
Ninety-five percent of therapists treating
DV assailants were psychiatric professionals, mainly
social workers, doctors, and psychologists.
Nearly 90% of facilities had standard protocols
and appropriate therapy rooms for treating DV assailants.
Sixty percent of these facilities reported
attendance rates by assailants of over 75%; 57%
reported a dropout rage lower than 25%, and 80%
reported completion rates exceeding 50%. The
main difficulties in treating DV assailants were:
(1) denial and guarded attitudes on the part of DV
assailants themselves, inability to pay for treatment,
absences, disobedience of the therapeutic
rules, and silence or refusal to talk; (2) shortage of
personnel, increasing workloads, unwilling attitudes,
and inadequate training among therapists.
Conclusion: Although there were standard protocols
for treating DV assailants in most facilities,
treatment outcomes remained unsatisfactory. To
resolve these difficulties, more personnel and
more training are needed. In addition, classification
of DV assailants may improve treatment outcomes
and prevent waste of limited resources.
(Full text in Chinese)
Key Word | domestic violence, assailant, treatment outcome |
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