The literature has shown a strong correlation between victimization and violence. As the majority of treatment programs for violence and the associated research have been focused on men, it is vital that services are also oriented to the needs of women who perpetrate violence. Beyond Violence (BV) was developed to fill the gap in violence prevention programming for justice-involved women with histories of violence victimization and perpetration. This randomized controlled trial reports the results of a peer-facilitated model of the BV program implemented in a women’s prison. Women volunteered for the intervention and the study. Participants were randomized to either the 20-session BV condition or to a waitlist control (WC) condition. All 145 participants were asked to complete a preintervention (Time 1) and postintervention (Time 2) survey that included validated measures to assess for depression, anxiety, PTSD, anger/aggression, and emotional dysregulation. Preliminary analyses of the background characteristics and preintervention outcome scores showed no significant differences between the groups at Time 1, indicating that randomization was successful. Separate ANCOVAs were run for 13 outcomes measured using the pretest scores from study participants as the covariate and group assignment as the independent variable. Hypotheses were predominantly supported, and findings showed that the BV participants had significant reductions in the majority of the outcome measures at the postintervention assessment when compared to the WC participants. Future research should continue to explore the advantages of peer-facilitated program models and should incorporate postrelease outcomes to assess change over time.

文献表明受害与暴力之间存在很强的相关性。由于大多数暴力治疗方案和相关研究都集中在男性身上，因此服务也必须以施暴妇女的需求为导向。Beyond Violence ( BV ) 的开发旨在填补针对有暴力受害和犯罪历史的参与司法的妇女的暴力预防计划的空白。这项随机对照试验报告了在女子监狱实施的BV计划的同伴促进模型的结果。妇女自愿参加干预和研究。参与者被随机分配到 20 次BV条件或等待名单控制 (WC) 条件。所有 145 名参与者都被要求完成干预前（时间 1）和干预后（时间 2）调查，其中包括评估抑郁、焦虑、创伤后应激障碍、愤怒/攻击性和情绪失调的有效措施。背景特征和干预前结果评分的初步分析显示，在时间 1 组之间没有显着差异，表明随机化是成功的。使用研究参与者的预测试分数作为协变量和分组分配作为自变量，对 13 个结果进行了单独的 ANCOVA。假设得到了主要支持，研究结果表明，BV与 WC 参与者相比，参与者在干预后评估中的大多数结果指标显着降低。未来的研究应继续探索同伴促进计划模型的优势，并应结合发布后的结果来评估随时间的变化。