Predicting repeat domestic violence : Christopher Dowling and Anthony Morgan improving police risk assessment
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ArticleSeries: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal JusticePublication details: Canberra, ACT : Australian Institute of Criminology, 2019Description: electronic document (16 pages) ; PDF fileSubject(s): Online resources:
In: Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 581, October 2019Summary: This study examines how accurately the Family Violence Risk Assessment Tool (FVRAT) predicts repeat domestic violence. The FVRAT is a 37-item tool used by police in the ACT to inform their responses to domestic violence.
This study examines a sample of 350 unique cases of violence involving current or former intimate partners between March and December 2017 in which police used the FVRAT. Repeat domestic violence was measured based on whether a subsequent report of domestic violence was made to police within six months.
The FVRAT is not a strong predictor of repeat domestic violence. However, an empirically refined version of the FVRAT consisting of 10 individually predictive items much more accurately predicts repeat domestic violence. (Authors' abstract). Record #6447
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Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, no. 581, October 2019
This study examines how accurately the Family Violence Risk Assessment Tool (FVRAT) predicts repeat domestic violence. The FVRAT is a 37-item tool used by police in the ACT to inform their responses to domestic violence.
This study examines a sample of 350 unique cases of violence involving current or former intimate partners between March and December 2017 in which police used the FVRAT. Repeat domestic violence was measured based on whether a subsequent report of domestic violence was made to police within six months.
The FVRAT is not a strong predictor of repeat domestic violence. However, an empirically refined version of the FVRAT consisting of 10 individually predictive items much more accurately predicts repeat domestic violence. (Authors' abstract). Record #6447