Risk Assessment for Domestically Violent Men: Tools for Criminal Justice, Offender Intervention, and Victim Services

Hilton (Mental Health Centre, and psychiatry, U. of Toronto, Canada) et al. outline how to use actuarial risk assessments to predict recidivism in male domestic violence offenders. They describe the use of the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment and the Domestic Violence Risk Appraisal Guide, which they and their research collaborators developed, and how to score, interpret, and communicate results, and incorporate them into public policy. The book is aimed at academics, child protection and shelter workers, clinicians, lawyers, nurses, physicians, policy makers, and police, probation, and corrections officers. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)