Recent research has emphasized the applicability of the Principles of Effective Intervention for batterer intervention treatment programs (BIPs), including using differentiated treatment models for first-time offenders compared to repeat offenders. The current study seeks to examine treatment matching across clients in two such differentiated BIPs from a mid-Atlantic state—one short-term program aimed at first-time IPV offenders (n = 121) and one program implementing BIP “as usual” (n = 125)—regarding client characteristics and recidivism. Findings indicate that clients in the short-term program were not significantly different than those referred to BIP “as usual” regarding common risk factors such as substance use, education, or employment, and while clients in the short-term program had fewer criminal history offenses, participants were rarely first-time criminal offenders. Further analyses showed no impact of the short-term program completion on client recidivism, while completion of BIP as usual was related to lower rates of reoffending among the program’s clients. Findings suggest the importance of how clients are matched to their level of treatment and more education and monitoring of referral agencies regarding differentiated BIP models. Further research is needed to assess whether short-term BIP programs are associated with recidivism reduction.

最近的研究强调了有效干预原则对殴打者干预治疗计划 (BIP) 的适用性，包括对初犯和重犯使用不同的治疗模式。当前的研究旨在检查来自大西洋中部各州的两个此类差异化 BIP 中客户之间的治疗匹配情况——一个针对初次 IPV 罪犯的短期计划 ( n  = 121) 和一个“照常”实施 BIP 的计划 ( n = 125)——关于客户特征和累犯。调查结果表明，短期项目中的客户在药物使用、教育或就业等常见风险因素方面与“像往常一样”提到的 BIP 的客户没有显着差异，而短期项目中的客户的犯罪历史较少犯罪，参与者很少是初犯。进一步的分析表明，短期项目完成对客户再犯没有影响，而像往常一样完成 BIP 与项目客户中较低的再犯罪率有关。调查结果表明，客户如何与其治疗水平相匹配以及对转介机构进行有关差异化 BIP 模型的更多教育和监督的重要性。