“…Given the lack of robust evidence and appropriately validated risk assessment tools specific to youth family violence, young people are typically assessed using more general risk assessment protocols (Shaffer et al, 2022). While tools like the Structured Assessment for Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY; Borum et al, 2006) and the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI; Hoge & Andrews, 2006, 2011) are often employed to assess young people who engage in violent behavior, they have been shown to be poor predictors of intimate partner abuse perpetration among youth aged 12 to 18 years (Shaffer et al, 2022). It remains unclear whether such generalist youth risk assessment instruments over- or under-estimate the likelihood of family violence recidivism, as the authors did not explicitly report classification statistics (e.g., sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value [PPV], negative predictive value [NPV]).…”