Intimate Partner Violence Prevention and Intervention: The Risk Assessment and Management Approach

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCEPREVENTION AND INTERVENTION: THE RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT APPROACH......Page 3
NOTICE TO THE READER......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
PREVENTING VIOLENCE: THE ROLE OF RISKASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT......Page 15
The Nature of Violence Risk......Page 16
Goals of Violence Risk Assessment......Page 17
Professional Judgment Procedures......Page 18
Actuarial Procedures......Page 20
The Management Strategy Should Reflect Risks Posed......Page 21
The Management Strategy Should Reflect Relevant Risk Factors......Page 22
More on Risk Management Tactics......Page 23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 26
INTRODUCTION......Page 27
Risk Factors for Spousal Assault......Page 28
Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide (Sara)......Page 29
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SARA......Page 30
CODING JUDGMENTS......Page 32
Development of the B-SAFER......Page 33
Empirical Analyses......Page 34
Quantitative Analyses......Page 36
Qualitative Feedback......Page 38
CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE B-SAFER......Page 39
POLICE-BASED STRUCTURED SPOUSAL VIOLENCERISK ASSESSMENT: THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING APOLICE VERSION OF THE SARA......Page 41
Background......Page 42
EMPIRICAL RESULTS OF THE STUDY......Page 43
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTED REVISIONSOF THE SARA FOR USE BY THE POLICE......Page 50
UNDERSTANDING RISK FACTORS FOR INTIMATEPARTNER FEMICIDE: THE ROLE OF DOMESTICVIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW TEAMS......Page 53
REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON RISK FACTORSFOR INTIMATE PARTNER FEMICIDE......Page 54
Characteristics of the Perpetrator......Page 55
Characteristics of the Victim......Page 57
Characteristics of the Victim-Perpetrator Relationship......Page 58
Characteristics of the Community......Page 59
GAPS IN THE EXISTING RESEARCH ON IPF......Page 60
Agency Reviews......Page 62
Judicial Reviews......Page 63
Public Inquests/Inquiries......Page 64
Domestic Violence Fatality Reviews......Page 65
THE ROLE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW TEAMS......Page 67
CONCLUSION......Page 68
IDENTIFYING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS ATRISK OF HYPER-ACCESSIBLE TRAUMATICMEMORIES AND/OR RE-VICTIMIZATION THROUGHVALIDATED SCREENING: THE PREDICTIVEPERFORMANCE OF THE SCANNER ANDTHE B-SAFER1......Page 69
Introduction......Page 70
Method......Page 72
Results......Page 73
Under-utilization of Victim Support......Page 76
Screening......Page 78
Instruments......Page 80
Scanner......Page 81
Predictive Accuracy......Page 83
High Negative Emotionality: A Linking Pin?......Page 85
Prediction Instruments......Page 86
DISCUSSION......Page 87
DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM: STUDIES ON PREVALENCE RATES......Page 91
VULNERABILITY FACTORS OF VICTIMSOF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE......Page 96
From Domestic Violence to Femicide......Page 97
The Italian Legislation in Cases of Domestic Violence......Page 98
Obstacles to Collecting Evidence......Page 99
Protection and Restraining Orders......Page 100
The Police Role......Page 101
Police Actions in Domestic Violence Cases......Page 102
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SARA IN ITALY......Page 103
PROCEDURE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF RECIDIVISM IN CASES OFDOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ITALY......Page 104
THE STUDY......Page 108
Participants......Page 109
Results......Page 110
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN......Page 115
Historical Review......Page 116
The Battered Women’s Movement......Page 117
The Nature and Components of Marital Violence Against Women......Page 118
Economic Dependency......Page 119
Psychological Factors......Page 120
Social and Structural Factors......Page 121
The Silence of Violence......Page 122
Existing Services to Date......Page 123
The Woman in Greek Marriage and Culture......Page 124
The Role of Law and the Police......Page 126
Collaborations......Page 127
SARA: 10 Items......Page 128
Risk to Intimate Partner if no Intervention was Taken......Page 129
The SARA: Follow up Stage (September – December 2004)......Page 130
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS......Page 131
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 132
CAVEAT ASSESSOR: POTENTIAL PITFALLS OFGENERIC ASSESSMENT FOR INTIMATE PARTNERVIOLENCE......Page 133
Male Perpetration......Page 137
CONCLUSION......Page 139
CURRENT PRACTICE IN COURT-MANDATED THERAPY FOR SPOUSEASSAULT: THE “DULUTH INTERVENTION”......Page 141
Cognitive Behavioral Treatment for Assaultiveness......Page 142
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY ORGANIZATION AND ASSAULTIVENESS:THE THEORETICAL CONNECTION......Page 146
ATTACHMENT AND ABUSIVENESS......Page 148
EARLY TRAUMA FROM SHAMING AND EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE......Page 149
CBT for Trauma......Page 150
CBT for Attachment Anxiety......Page 151
CBT for Substance Abuse......Page 152
CBT for Psychopathy......Page 153
Treatment Effectiveness......Page 154
SOME HISTORY......Page 155
RESPONSIVITY: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?......Page 158
MANAGING RELUCTANCE......Page 160
Max and the Lucky Question......Page 162
Jim and the Colored Shoes......Page 164
Adam and the Signature......Page 165
PHILOSOPHY OF ENGAGEMENT......Page 166
Be Nice......Page 167
Be Curious......Page 169
Be Committed......Page 170
STRATEGIES FOR ENGAGEMENT......Page 171
Useful Concepts......Page 172
Dealing with Substance Use......Page 176
Some Specific Responses to Reluctance......Page 177
Respect......Page 179
Immediacy......Page 180
Confrontation......Page 181
Do it First......Page 182
CONCLUSION......Page 183
ACKNOWLEDGMENT......Page 185
AUTHORS’ BIOGRAPHIES......Page 187
REFERENCES......Page 189
INDEX......Page 211