Trends in measuring the effectiveness of domestic violence training programs

Abstract

Domestic violence is a visible concern in today's society. Many agencies conduct training programs in their communities to educate the population and change the behaviors of those who are part of domestic violence. However, by involvement with domestic violence agencies, the researcher believes there is little use of traditional approaches to determining training effectiveness. Are skills improved? Is behavior changed? And perhaps most importantly, are the trends in incidents of domestic violence improving as a result of training programs? The purpose of this study is to review how domestic violence agencies assess the effectiveness of their training programs, to see if those programs are having any effect and provide recommendations on how assessing effectiveness can improve training programs.