Amie Zarling is awarded funding for domestic violence against women research

March 19, 2018

Amie Zarling, an assistant professor in human development and family studies, is awarded $391,000 from the Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women to conduct a randomized controlled trial of Achieving Change Through Values-Based Behavior (ACTV), her new program for domestic violence offenders. Zarling has worked closely with the Iowa Department of Corrections for over eight years to disseminate ACTV across the state in both community corrections and prisons. She will compare ACTV to a traditional intervention program, which is based on feminist theory and the Duluth Model. The goal of the study is to evaluate each program’s ability to reduce participants’ verbal, physical, and sexual aggression toward female partners, and the likelihood of reoffending.

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