@article{ref1,
title="The assessment of court-mandated perpetrators of domestic violence",
journal="Journal of aggression, maltreatment and trauma",
year="2003",
author="Liebert, Douglas S. and Sonkin, Daniel Jay",
volume="6",
number="2",
pages="3-36",
abstract="The authors present a comprehensive assessment protocol for court-mandated perpetrators of domestic violence. Because of the inherent risk of harm to others present in the context of domestic violence treatment, the authors present an assessment process with a clear set of goals and expressed expectations. These goals help to set the context of treatment from the onset and serve as a continual frame of reference that both therapist and patient will refer to throughout the treatment process. The authors discuss the following assessment issue: informed consent and disclosure; confidentiality; patient rapport; patient motivation for treatment; patients' suitability for treatment; differential diagnosis; the assessment of violence and social history; patients' risk for further violence and other acting-out; behavioral interventions for violence control; developing treatment plans.<p />",
language="",
issn="1092-6771",
doi="10.1300/J146v06n02_02",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J146v06n02_02"
}