A review of the research on teacher professional development identified an emerging consensus on important contextual and implementation characteristics that can promote or inhibit teachers' use of new knowledge and skills in their classroom practice. Findings suggest that professional development is best viewed as one component in an overall…

Reports on the findings of a comparative multisite evaluation conducted to examine the relative effectiveness of different approaches. Intervention systems represented a range of court-referral procedures, program duration, and additional services. There was no significant difference in the reassault rate, portion of men making threats, and victim…