A 2011 review of the effectiveness of batterers intervention programs (BIP), primarily the Duluth model, found that "there is no solid empirical evidence for either the effectiveness or relative superiority of any of the current group interventions," and that "the more rigorous the methodology of evaluation studies, ...

It has been tested by research and replication. Research has found that by applying all the components of the Duluth Model, 68% of offenders who move through Duluth's criminal justice system and men's nonviolence classes do not reappear in the system eight years out.

The Duluth Model engages legal systems and human service agencies to create a distinctive form of organized public responses to domestic violence. It is characterized by: Clearly identifiable and largely shared assumptions and theories about the source of battering and the effective means to deter it.

The Duluth Model's vignettes, role playing, and discussions also relate to practices common to CBT. Men are put in hypothetical situations or respond to video that depict a conflict, and asked to act out or describe their behavioral response.