Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0490 - Domestic Violence Coordination Council
Chapter 0490-01 - Rules for Batterer's Intervention Programs
Section 0490-01-.04 - ACCOUNTABILITY
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0490-01-.04
Current through April 3, 2024
(1) Program accountability.
(a) Certified Programs are responsible for
providing the criminal justice system with information related to a batterer's
noncompliance with the Certified Program's contract, group rules, and other
requirements so that the criminal justice system can impose any appropriate
sanctions.
(b) Certified Programs
shall invite a cooperative working relationship with local battered women's
programs and Victim Advocates.
(c)
Certified Programs shall establish procedures for consultations with the
criminal justice system and other appropriate entities, including local
battered women's shelters, for information sharing, mutual problem solving,
victim safety, informing the criminal justice system, and making programmatic
changes.
(d) Certified Programs
shall establish clear and expeditious lines of communication with the justice
system.
(e) Certified Programs
shall participate in community-based efforts to stop violence against women and
other domestic abuse victims and to hold batterers accountable.
(f) Certified Programs shall compile adequate
documentation that shall ensure continuity of interventions with batterers.
1. Such documentation also may be used to
establish a database for research purposes, provided that the maintenance of
the data and the research based on the data are carried out in a manner that
insures victim safety.
(g) Certified Programs shall include in their
programming efforts that are aimed at preventing domestic abuse. Such efforts
should include the following:
1. The
development of materials and programs aimed at increasing community awareness
of domestic violence and of available resources; and
2. Community efforts to reinforce the
community's understanding of the need for and the support of batterer
accountability.
(2) Batterer accountability.
(a) Certified Programs shall be designed with
the goal that batterers who complete the Certified Program shall:
1. Stop abusive behavior.
2. Hold themselves accountable for abusive
behaviors.
3. Recognize that
domestic violence and other forms of coercive behavior are wrong.
4. Recognize that they are solely responsible
for their violence.
5. Understand
that abusive behavior has negative effects and consequences.
6. Stop denying or minimizing their abusive
behaviors.
7. Stop any victim
blaming.
(b) As critical
components of batterer accountability, Certified Programs shall require
batterers to do the following:
1. Sign a
contractual agreement with the Certified Program.
2. Pay a fee for intervention services,
except as follows:
(i) If a batterer is
determined by the court to be indigent, the batterer may be required to make
some form of restitution to the community in lieu of a fee; and
(ii) If the Certified Program is a jail based
program, the Certified Program may waive the fee or not assess a fee.
Authority: T.C.A. § 38-12-110.
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