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    • Abuse – Why does it happen? (The Rockland Jewish Reporter)
    • Accountable Language, The Importance of Using
    • Accountability as Defined by Battered and Formerly Battered Women
    • Accountability, The Politics
    • Accountability to the Battered Women’s Movement
    • Alcohol Treatment - Sample Letter to Magistrates
    • Against Anger Management as Response to . . .
    • Anger Management - Sample Letter to Magistrates
    • Anti-Racist Clinical Practice: A Misguided Notion
    • Assimilation is a Double-Edged Sword for Immigrants
    • Batterer Programs: Successful Rehabilitation or False Hope
    • Blaming by Naming: Battered Women and the Epidemic of Co-Dependence
    • Calling it Anger Adds to the Danger
    • Case Against Couple Counseling in Domestic Abuse: When 50-50 Is Not Fair
    • Changing Cultures to Value Women
    • Couples Counseling and Anger Management in Domestic Violence: Policy Statement STOP F.E.A.R. Coalition
    • Court Responses to Batterer Program Noncompliance: A National Perspective - Executive Summary
    • Court Response to Batterer Program Non-Compliance: A National Perspective 2007
    • Culture and Domestic Violence
    • Grammar of Male Violence, The
    • Man Bites Dog! How the mainstream media obscures the fact of male violence
    • Mental Health Models for Racial Relevance, Retooling
    • Mental Health Treatment with Men Who Batter
    • Previous Relevant Research NIJ (2007)
    • Ratcheting Up the Rhetoric
    • The Poison of Male Incivility
    • Therapy for Sexual Misconduct? It’s Mostly Unproven
    • What Women Need to Know About Domestic Violence
    • White Privelege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
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Aldrich, Liberty. "New Tool in Fight Against Domestic Violence"

Battered/Formerly Battered Women’s Caucus of the National Coalition against Domestic Violence. "Statement at the NCADV National Conference", Denver, CO. 2004.
     It is imperative that battered and formerly battered women have a clear presence 
     and loud voice in the national movement to end domestic violence.

Cohen, Jonathan. "The Politics of Accountability". VCS Community Change Project Publication, 2003.
     Accountability takes on different meaning when dealing with issues of oppression.


Cohen, Pam.  "Abuse – Why Does It Happen?". The Rockland Jewish Reporter. Vol 8, #7.
     Domestic violence is defined and solutions are discussed with special emphasis      on Jewish communities.


Frank, Phyllis B and Golden, Gail.  "Blaming By Naming: Battered Women and the Epidemic of Codependence". Op-Ed. Social Work, Vol. 37, Jan 1992.
     Applying the concept of codependency to battered women is opposed. 

Frank, Phyllis B and Golden, Gail.  "Calling It Anger Adds To The Danger: Anger Management Policy Statement". VCS Community Change Project Publication , 2004.
     Argues against using anger management programs for domestic violence offenders. 

Frank, Phyllis B and Golden, Gail.  "Mental Health Treatment with Men Who Batter". 
VCS Community Change Project Publication, 2000.
     Cautions and suggestions for therapists and counselors when dealing with domestic      violence offenders.

Frank, Phyllis B and Gail Golden.  "What Women Need to Know About Domestic Violence: An Update for the Millenium". VCS Community Change Project Publication, 2001.
     A solid beginning article for anyone new to the issue of domestic violence. 


Frank, Phyllis B and Golden, Gail.  "When 50/50 Is Not Fair: The Case Against Couples Counseling in Domestic Abuse". Op-Ed, Social Work, Vol. 39. 1994.
     A clear explanation of why couple counseling should never be used in domestic 
     violence cases.


Frank, Phyllis B. and O'Sullivan, Chris S. Is Domestic Violence a “Choice?”  -- No, not exactly…

Golden, Gail K.,  "Anti-Racist Clinical Practice: A Misguided Notion". Unpublished paper, 2005.
     This article helps to differentiate between anti-racist organizing and clinical practice.

Golden, Gail K.,  "Retooling Mental Health Models for Racial Relevance". Unpublished paper, 2005.
     A therapist questions white, Eurocentric psychological models.

Klein, Andy.  "Batterer Programs – Successful Rehab or False Hope?". National Bulletin 
on Domestic Violence Prevention , Aug. 2003.
     Serious concerns not only with outcomes of batterer programs, but in using 
     "graduates" for fathering initiatives. 

McIntosh, Peggy.  "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack". 1988.
     The seminal article that articulates the undeniable reality of privilege. 


Ruby, Jennie.  "Man Bites Dog . . . How the Mainstream Media Obscures the Fact of Male Violence". Off Our Backs, 2000.
     How the media desensitizes audiences and minimizes male violence.

Ruby, Jennie.  "The Grammar of Male Violence". Off Our Backs, 2000.
     Rewrites a press release to expose how language can contribute or collude with      oppressions.

STOP F.E.A.R. Coalition.  "Policy Statement Against Couples Counseling & Anger Management in DV Cases". Judicial Sub-Committee, STOP F.E.A.R. Coalition of Rockland County. Sept. 2004.

VCS Community Change Project Publication.  "Accountability to the Battered Women’s Movement". 2005.
     An organization’s statement about batterer programs taking leadership from anti-
     sexist women’s groups, shelters and advocates.


RESEARCH & EVALUATION
The following is a list of relevant research and evaluative materials that support the NY Model for Batterer Programs. You may download each of the files by right-clicking and saving (PC) or option-clicking (Mac).