Assessing the risk and treatment needs of people who perpetrate intimate partner violence

Louise Dixon, Nicola Graham‐Kevan

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Abstract

Aggression and violence within intimate relationships has been deemed a significant international problem that affects people across all demographic boundaries. This chapter aims to provide an evidence-based guide to the risk assessment of an individual who has perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV), where the focus is on determining the person's treatment needs to aid risk reduction. In doing so, it considers the need for the assessor to conduct assessments that are informed by the evidence in the IPV, wider aggression, and corrections literature. The chapter discusses key findings in the IPV and aggression literature that should shape the assessment, before considering the role of correctional principles and individual case formulation in determining explanations for the aggressive episodes and individual treatment needs. Functional assessment seeks to explain why a behaviour occurred at a particular time and in a particular context and what immediate problem the behaviour sought to solve.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Wiley Handbook of What Works in Violence Risk Management: Theory, Research and Practice
EditorsJ. Stephen Wormith, Leam A. Craig, Todd E. Hogue
PublisherWiley
Pages297-314
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)9781119315933
ISBN (Print)9781119315711
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • aggression literature
  • correctional principles
  • functional assessment
  • individual treatment needs
  • intimate partner violence

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