ABSTRACT
Introduction .......................................................................................................... 28 Risk Assessment of Violence ............................................................................... 30 Risk Assessment Instruments Used by the Police ............................................ 33
The Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER) ....... 34 Guidelines for Stalking Assessment and Management (SAM) .................. 35 The Patriarch .................................................................................................... 35 Police Working with Structured Professional Checklists ........................... 36
Risk Assessment and Management Performed by the Police ......................... 37 Risk Management and Protective Actions ................................................... 38
Researchers Working with the Police ................................................................ 39 Collection of Data ............................................................................................ 40 Results from a Study on IPV Assessed with the B-SAFER ........................ 40 Results from a Study on Stalking Assessed with the SAM ......................... 41 Results from a Study on Honor-Related Violence Assessed with the Patriarch ............................................................................................ 42
Discussion ............................................................................................................. 43 Limitations ........................................................................................................ 45
Conclusion ............................................................................................................ 46 References .............................................................................................................. 46
Risk assessment and risk management are the basis on which the work for protection of the victims of threats and violence rests. Cases of threats and violence committed toward a family member or someone that is close to the victim are difficult to work with because the relationship between the victim and the perpetrator can be very strong. To prevent further victimization, it is important to understand these difficulties in order to construct the best caseby-case risk management plan with the most effective protective actions. This chapter will focus on the outcome of developmental work done during the last decade by the Swedish police, together with a group of researchers, on risk assessment and risk management in the areas of intimate partner violence, stalking-related violence, and honor-related violence.
