Batterer intervention providers, anger management counselors, mental health professionals, and research scholars dedicated to evidence-based practice worldwide.
Our next conference is less than two months away, on June 14, so you may want to register sooner than later, and please tell your friends and colleagues! This year, the focus will be on domestic violence around the world, including prevalence rates, risk factors, and consequences for victims, as well as the BIP and other intervention strategies used outside the United States.
The conference will take place on the Zoom platform, beginning at 8 a.m. U.S. Pacific Standard Time.
I wanted to let all ADVIP members know ahead of the formal marketing campaign that this year’s conference will be held on Friday, June 14. The theme of this event is “Domestic violence worldwide: Prevalence, causes, consequences, and treatment.” I will be one of the contributing presenters, giving an overview of best practices in batterer intervention, after which my colleague Esteban Esquivel-Santovena and his team will present on what is happening in the DV field outside the United States, Canada and the U.K., with an overview of Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America. These presentations are based on recent scholarly research to be included in the latest update of the Partner Abuse State of Knowledge Project, the world’s largest single free-access data base of information about domestic violence.
As with our previous conferences, there will be a registration discount for ADVIP members.
On October 27, I hosted our latest semi-annual ADVIP meeting, via the Zoom platform, and also presented a seminar, “Applying Lisa Feldman Barrett’s Theory of Emotions to Batterer Intervention.
As I discussed with those in attendance, our organization now has over 300 members, in 21 countries around the world, and our recent meeting was joined by three members from outside the United States. I continue to manage, with my IT person, Eric Bobrow, the ADVIP website, and am willing to do so indefinitely. It is my pleasure to do my part to advance evidence-based practice, with the goal of further reducing domestic violence around the world.
I propose that our next full conference, which would be our 5th since 2016, be held at some time either in latte spring or early summer, 2024. Once again, it will be a virtual conference, held on the Zoom platform. Please let me know if have suggestions for topics to be covered. These topics should focus on intervention policies, research and/or clinical applications, as well as more general research related to the causes, dynamics, and consequences of domestic violence.
I notice that there has been a drop-off of posts on our blog pages recently. By all means, please take advantage of this means of communicating with your fellow ADVIP members! In particular, I would like to see more reports from the various states, as well as from countries outside the U.S., regarding current or proposed policies on DV, new legislation, or emerging programs. I would also like to know if any of you have read any new books on DV that you recommend, or new research pertaining to batterer intervention.
To post something to the blog, you need to go to the ADVIP home page an click on the link. Let me know if you have any problems doing so. The default password is evidence12, unless you have changed it.
John Jay College of Criminal Justice is inviting applications for an assistant professor position, beginning in the fall of 2024, to join the department of criminal justice and to support a new concentration in the science and practice of public safety. The position will be a central part of designing, launching, and teaching a new research and teaching focus in evidence-based public safety, with initial offerings at the master’s level. Attached is a position description with more information. The closing date for the position is November 10, 2023.
The next general membership meeting of ADVIP will be held sometime in March or April of next year. As before, the meeting will be held on Zoom, and will include a presentation on a topic related to domestic violence and domestic violence intervention. If you have a particular topic you would like to suggest for the training portion of the meeting, please let me know. You can contact me at: johnmhamel@comcast.net.
I presented at a wonderful conference in Toronto a few months ago, and all of the presentations are now on video. Great for anyone interested in the topic of family law and responding to domestic violence and child abuse accusations, good parenting, and parental alienation. Go to: https://www.internationalfamiliesalliance.com/recordings/
The 2022 ADVIP International Conference was attended by nearly 80 people, and reviews have so far been overwhelmingly positive. Thanks to all the wonderful presenters who participated! If you missed the conference on October 12, or wish to experience it again, you can do so by clicking on the new link on the ADVIP home page. ADVIP members, as usual, get a significant discount.
If you did not know already, registration is now open for our upcoming conference, to be held on the Zoom platform October 12. The title of this conference is: “Safety and justice: A call for reform in domestic violence arrest, prosecution and treatment policies.”
As with all of our previous conferences, ADVIP members get a substantial discount on their registration costs. CEUs are available for all BIPs, including LCSWs, MFTs. and LCCs.
Someone sent me a 15-minute video depicting part of a men’s perpetrator group meeting. It’s one of the better videos I’ve seen, in terms of both the production values and how well it represents a typical group session. The men, I think, do a good job of supporting one another but also challenging one another, and they are treated with respect by the group facilitator. Your impressions?
Brenda Russell, Ph.D., a forensic psychologist at Penn State Berks, and I will soon be sending the final chapter manuscripts to Oxford University Press for publication of our new book, “Intimate partner violence: Beyond the gender paradigm in legal practice and intervention policy.” We are looking for endorsements prior to publication, from individuals involved in DV intervention and criminal justice policy – including legal scholars, judges, attorneys, and anyone involved in the adjudication of these cases. If you know anyone who might be a suitable candidate review our book, please let me know. Your assistance if very much appreciated.
