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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Violence Risk Management: Theory, Research and Practice |
Editors | J. Stephen Wormith, Leam A. Craig, Todd E. Hogue |
Publisher | Wiley |
Pages | 297-314 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119315933 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781119315711 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Jan 2020 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- aggression literature
- correctional principles
- functional assessment
- individual treatment needs
- intimate partner violence