Assessing Dangerousness

Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a professor and the Anna D. Wolf Chair at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She is a national leader in research and advocacy in the field of domestic violence, or intimate partner violence (IPV). She has authored or coauthored more than 250 publications and seven books on violence, its health outcomes, and interventions for survivors. Jill Theresa Messing, PhD, MSW, is associate professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University (ASU).

• ContentsContributorsPreface1. Prediction of Interpersonal Violence: An IntroductionAllison Ward-Lasher, Daniel J. Sheridan, Nancy E. Glass, and Jill Theresa MessingClassic Clinically Based Prediction ModelsA Victim-Service Reality: Community-Based InterventionReliability and ValidityAn Evidence-Based Practice Model for Assessing RiskPredictive FactorsEthical ConsiderationsSummary2. Prediction Issues for PractitionersJoel S. Milner, Jacquelyn C. Campbell, and Jill Theresa MessingClinical Versus Statistical Prediction StrategiesLegal Issues and PredictionEthical Issues and PredictionPsychometric Issues in Clinical PracticeApproaches to Developing Predictive InstrumentsTest ReliabilityTest ValidityOther Measurement IssuesSummary3. Child Physical Abuse Risk Assessment: Parent and Family EvaluationsJoel S. Milner and Julie L. CrouchRisk Assessment in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary PreventionChild Physical Abuse Risk FactorsResearch Issues That Impact Child Physical Abuse Risk AssessmentDetermination of Child Physical Abuse RiskSummary4. Evaluating Risk Factors for Fatal Child AbuseScott D. Krugman and Francie J. Julien-ChinnContext and DefinitionIncidence of Child FatalitiesCauses of Child FatalitiesChild Death InvestigationChild Abuse Fatality TypologiesRisk Factors for Fatal Child AbusePreventionSummary5. Prediction of Homicide of and by Battered WomenJacquelyn C. Campbell, Jill Theresa Messing, and Kirk R. WilliamsHomicide and Intimate Partner ViolencePrediction IssuesPublished Lists of Danger SignsThe Danger AssessmentFuture Directions in Lethality Risk Assessment: A Community ApproachSummary6. Assessing Risk of Intimate Partner ViolenceN. Zoe Hilton and Angela Wyatt EkeRisk Markers and Correlates of IPVRisk Factors for Repeated Assault by IPV OffendersRisk Assessment Instruments for IPVFrequent and Severe AssaultAssessing Risk After InterventionPractice IssuesSummary7. Children at Risk of Homicide in the Context of Intimate Partner ViolencePeter Jaffe, Jordan Fairbairn, and Katherine ReifHomicides Committed by ParentsChild Homicides and Child MaltreatmentThe Overlap of Child Abuse and Intimate Partner ViolenceAssessing Risk for Child Homicide in Intimate Partner Violence ContextsSummaryIndex