Police employees' violence risk assessments: The predictive validity of the B-SAFER and the significance of protective actions

The Predictive Validity of Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessments Conducted by Practitioners in Different Settings—a Review of the Literature

“…Eleven studies were included in the review Hendricks et al 2006;Hilton et al 2010;Lauria et al 2017;Rettenberger and Eher 2013;Shepard et al 2002;Storey et al 2014;Svalin et al 2017bSvalin et al , 2018Williams and Houghton 2004). In total, nine different tools/versions of tools 4 had been used in the studies (for a complete list of the tools see Tables 2 and 3).…”

“…The study samples ranged between 65 and 1465 participants. In nine studies, the suspects/ offenders were men; in one study, the sample was a mix of both male and female suspects (Svalin et al 2018); and one study lacked information regarding the sex of the offenders (Hendricks et al 2006).…”

“…6 In six studies, the assessments had been conducted by police employees. Five of these studies focused on Swedish police settings Storey et al 2014;Svalin et al 2017bSvalin et al , 2018 and one on an Australian police setting (Lauria et al 2017). In three of the studies, the risk assessments had been conducted by probation officers or correction institutional staff (in Canada and the USA) (Hilton et al 2010;Shepard et al 2002;Williams and Houghton 2004), and in the treatment study, the IPV risk assessments had been carried out by master's level clinician/s (in the USA) (Hendricks et al 2006).…”

“…In yet another study, two tools had been used, one of them according to the recommendations (PCL-R) while the other (ODARA) had been used to assess cases retrospectively (Rettenberger and Eher 2013). In two studies, the global risk rating had been changed Svalin et al 2018), and in addition, in the latter of these two studies, the information base had been less extensive than recommended (no information had been collected from victims). Finally, in two studies, the police officers who conducted the assessments had carried out their assessments together with their supervisor.…”

Risk assessment of intimate partner violence in a police setting : reliability and predictive accuracy

“…In yet another study, two tools had been used, one of them according to the recommendations (PCL-R) while the other (ODARA) had been used to assess cases retrospectively . In two studies, the global risk rating had been changed Svalin et al, 2018), and in addition, in the latter of these two studies, the information base had been less extensive than recommended (no information had been collected from victims). Finally, in two studies the police officers who conducted the assessments had carried out their assessments together with their supervisor.…”