Assessment Related To Domestic And Family Violence
Assessment Related To Domestic And Family Violence
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Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Test Questions and Correct Answers
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Assessment Related To Domestic And Family Violence
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Assessment Related To Domestic And Family Violence
Prevalence 1:4 women will experience at least one act of domestic violence in their lifetime 1:10 women will experience multiple acts 25% of all violent crime that is reported to police
Lethal DV Two women are killed each week by their intimate partner
What is Abuse? Any unwanted act that infring...
Domestic Violence Risk Assessment
Test Questions and Correct Answers
Prevalence ✅1:4 women will experience at least one act of domestic violence in their
lifetime
1:10 women will experience multiple acts
25% of all violent crime that is reported to police
Lethal DV ✅Two women are killed each week by their intimate partner
What is Abuse? ✅Any unwanted act that infringes upon an individual's basic rights
with a focus on physical, emotional and/or sexual violence
Why Do the Women Stay? ✅Concern for safety of their children, self, other family
members and/or pets
Partner threatens/attempts suicide
Want their relationship to work--hope partner will change
Blamed for the abuse-not believed by family or friends
Impact on her maybe emotionally and physically debilitating
May lack access to service or live remotely
May be dependent on her partner
May be fearful of immigration status
May be unaware of her rights
May believe that abuse is normal
Lawrence W. Sherman ✅Found that early charge and arrest increases the chances of
early death for victims by 400%; perpetrators 64% more likely to die early
Why?
- shame, isolation, PTSD, anxiety
Risk ✅Danger that is incompletely understood
Chance for injury or loss
Risk Assessment ✅Gathering info to make decisions about how to manage a case
Risk Management ✅Action to prevent violence
Risk Factors ✅Circumstances, events, and/or characteristics which precede violent
acts
Impact of Domestic Violence ✅Fear
Anxiety
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