Nazarewicz, Julia, Trood, Michael D., McEwan, Troy, Strand, Susanne, Luebbers, Stefan, Spivak, Benjamin L. (2024) Assessing risk among women who perpetrate intimate partner abuse. Psychology, Crime & Law, . pp. 1-27. ISSN 1068-316X. E-ISSN 1477-2744. (doi:10.1080/1068316x.2024.2369239) (KAR id:106502)
PDF
Publisher pdf
Language: English
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
|
|
Download this file (PDF/884kB) |
Preview |
Request a format suitable for use with assistive technology e.g. a screenreader | |
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316x.2024.2369239 |
Abstract
This paper presents a prospective evaluation of the predictive validity of three risk assessment instruments in a sample of Australian women identified by police as intimate partner abuse (IPA) perpetrators. Using a subsample from Spivak et al. (2020), 410 female IPA perpetrators were screened using the Victoria
Police Screening Assessment for Family Violence Risk (VP-SAFvR) and evaluated alongside two samples of 60 and 229 female IPA perpetrators assessed using the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) and a modified version of the Lethality Screen respectively. Of the three instruments, the VPSAFvR possessed indicators of effective discrimination (i.e. sensitivity, specificity, area under the curve) and predictive validity (i.e. positive predictive value, negative predictive value) on general IPA recidivism and its intended outcome of family or intimate partner abuse. The B-SAFER risk judgement similarly predicted its intended outcome of physical IPA recidivism, with notable indicators of discrimination and predictive validity. The results of the Modified Lethality Screen were conversely mixed on measures of discrimination and prediction for its intended outcome of severe IPA. The current findings suggest that these instruments function consistently for women and men who are identified by police as perpetrating family or intimate partner abuse.
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
DOI/Identification number: | 10.1080/1068316x.2024.2369239 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Intimate partner abuse; actuarial assessment; structured professional judgement; violence risk assessment; female perpetrators |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
SWORD Depositor: | JISC Publications Router |
Depositing User: | JISC Publications Router |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jul 2024 08:13 UTC |
Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2024 10:45 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/106502 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
- Link to SensusAccess
- Export to:
- RefWorks
- EPrints3 XML
- BibTeX
- CSV
- Depositors only (login required):