Assessment and management of risk for intimate partner violence by police officers using the Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide
| Autor: | Andrea L. Gibas, Henrik Belfrage, P. Randall Kropp, Stephen D. Hart, Susanne Strand, Jennifer E. Storey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Adult
Male Domestic Violence medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Poison control Risk Assessment Suicide prevention Young Adult Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) medicine Humans Psychiatry General Psychology Risk management Aged Aged 80 and over Sweden Recidivism business.industry Human factors and ergonomics social sciences Middle Aged Police Psychiatry and Mental health Domestic violence Female business Risk assessment Psychology Law Social psychology Criminal justice |
| Zdroj: | Law and Human Behavior. 36:60-67 |
| ISSN: | 1573-661X 0147-7307 |
| Popis: | Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a crime that is present in all countries, seriously impacts victims, and demands a great deal of time and resources from the criminal justice system. The current study examined the use of the Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide, 2nd ed. (SARA; Kropp, Hart, Webster, & Eaves, 1995), a structured professional judgment risk assessment and management tool for IPV, by police officers in Sweden over a follow-up of 18 months. SARA risk assessments had significant predictive validity with respect to risk management recommendations made by police, as well as with recidivism as indexed by subsequent contacts with police. Risk management mediated the association between risk assessment and recidivism: High levels of intervention were associated with decreased recidivism in high risk cases, but with increased recidivism in low risk cases. The findings support the potential utility of police-based risk assessment and management of IPV, and in particular the belief that appropriately structured risk assessment and management decisions can prevent violence. |
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