婚姻暴力加害人處遇與司法體系之連結

Enhancing the Coordinated Function between Batterer Intervention Programs and the Legal System

婚姻暴力是犯罪行為也是嚴重的社會問題，不但造成家庭中每一成員的傷害，國家社會也須為此付上極大代價。自家庭暴力防治法通過之後，受暴婦女可循法律途徑保障自己的權益，並要求施暴者完成加害人處遇計劃。其目的在協助施暴者修正其個人之暴力與控制行為，以保障受暴婦女和子女的安全。然而僅藉由加害人處遇計劃之單一運作並無法達成此目標，而必須與在防治家庭暴力工作中扮演主導、連結、防治等重要角色的司法體系形成堅強整合的防暴網絡，以促進施暴者承擔暴力責任。本文即針對加害人處遇計劃之法律依據、背景發展、理論基礎、實施現況、處遇成效、和促進與司法系統連結等方面進行討論。如果司法系統中法庭的積極行動、檢察官之偵查與起訴、警察的介入逮捕、法院監督制度等所有環節都能對婚姻暴力產生積極回應，讓施暴者因此體驗到國家社會不容許家庭中任何型式暴力的立場，俾能使加害人處遇計劃的實施發揮最大效果。因此家庭暴力加害人處遇系統，能與司法和社區各網絡形成嚴密和責信的防暴機制，才能遏阻婚暴發生，進而影響社會重新建構非暴力的新文化。

Battering is a crime and social problem. It inflicts tremendous harm to society in terms of physical and psychological injury to victims and their children. After the domestic violence prevention law has been constituted in Taiwan, the battered women can protect their own rights through judicial ways and demand the batterers to attend batterer intervention programs in order to correct their violent behaviors. This article reviews the judicial bases, historical background, theories and philosophy, current program models, outcomes of batterer intervention programs, and the connections between legal system and batterer intervention programs. Because batterer intervention programs can not reduce domestic violence in isolation, a strong, accountable, and coordinated justice response can have a significant influence on the efficacy of batterer intervention programs. The combined impact of trying, arresting, prosecution adjudication, and intense court monitoring may send strong and consistent messages to batterers about their responsibilities of violent behaviors. Because batterer intervention programs can only change individual abusive behaviors, a coordinated community response through cooperative work among community organizations, criminal justice systems, victim advocates, mental health institutions, education agencies, social services, and religious groups can build new non-violent culture in order to deter domestic violence effectively.