Nine international academics and practitioners contribute ten chapters examining risk assessment in intimate partner violence contexts, including the risk factors of the perpetrator as well as
those of the victim, especially the vulnerability factors and what helps victims reduce their risk of being revictimized or prevents people from becoming victimized in the first place. The
authors discuss intervention and treatment programs for offenders and related evidence-based studies on the impact of controversial criminal justice policies--mandatory arrest, automatic
incarceration, sentencing criteria, restraining orders, mandatory attendance of treatment programs--and link risk assessment instruments to intervention programs which have been subject to
valid evaluations establishing positive outcome effects. For academics; researchers; professionals in law enforcement, criminal and civil justice; victim advocacy services; and policy makers.
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