About This Program
Target Population:
People who have abused their relationship partners and people in potentially abusive relationships
Program Overview
Emerge's mission is to eliminate violence in intimate relationships. In working toward this goal, Emerge seeks to educate individual abusers, prevent young people from learning to accept violence in their relationships, improve institutional responses to domestic violence, and increase public awareness about the causes and solutions to partner violence. With the development of parenting education groups for fathers, Emerge has recently expanded its mission to include a goal of helping men to become more responsible parents.
Emerge teaches that domestic violence is a learned behavior, not a disease or a sickness. Emerge supports grassroots, institutional and cultural efforts to stop partner violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Emerge recognizes that other oppressive life circumstances such as racism, poverty, and homophobia create a climate that contributes to partner violence.
Logic Model
The program representative did not provide information about a Logic Model for The Emerge Program.
Manuals and Training
Publicly available information indicates there is a manual that describes how to deliver this program, and there is some training available for this program.
See contact info below.
Relevant Published, Peer-Reviewed Research
Currently, there are no published, peer-reviewed research studies for The Emerge Program.
Additional References
Adams, D., & Cayouette, S. (2002). Emerge: A group education model for abusers. In E. Aldarondo and F. Mederos, (Eds.). Programs for men who batter: Intervention and prevention strategies in a diverse society (pp 4-1 - 4-32). Kingston NJ, Civic Research Institute.
Adams, D. (2003). Treatment programs for batterers. Clinics in Family Practice, 5(1), 159-176.
Date Research Evidence Last Reviewed by CEBC: May 2024
Date Program Content Last Reviewed by Program Staff: July 2015
Date Program Originally Loaded onto CEBC: July 2007
