In the late 1970s, activists working with battered women realized that, although they might help individual victims, no real progress could be made against the problem of domestic violence unless actions were taken to reform perpetrators and challenge the cultural and legal supports for battering. Criminal justice agencies have responded by referring an increasing number of batterers to interventions via pretrial or diversion programs or as part of sentencing. To be effective, an integrated criminal justice response to battering must include all branches of the criminal justice system, from police to pretrial screeners, prosecutors, judges, victim advocates, and probation officers. Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches and Criminal Justice Strategies provides information that these professionals need to work effectively and knowledgeably with batterer intervention staff and to make informed choices about program referral.