In many cases, battering is not the result of anger, mental illness, or the influence of drugs or alcohol. Rather, it is a learned behavior that is often motivated by the unconscious or conscious desire of the abusive partner to control the victim. Sometimes people demonstrate impulsive, angry behavior, or an. In the late 1980s, when most states had begun to arrest and prosecute perpetrators of domestic violence, the need for a greater number. Studies have shown that domestic violence perpetrators are often more likely to cease abusive behavior when members of the community combine. Many batterer intervention programs use a form of cognitive behavioral therapyto help participants identify and reframe negative, dehumanizing, sexist ideals and ideas that often lead to instances of. One issue that batterer intervention programs must consider is how to best serve the perpetrators of violence while still protecting the victims. Granting program participants a.