Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction

3

Chapter 1

Risk Assessment for Criminal Justice, Offender Intervention, and Victim Services

9

Chapter 2

Assessing the Risk of Future Violent Behavior

25

Chapter 3

Creating a Frontline Risk Assessment

47

Chapter 4

In-Depth Risk Assessment and Theoretical Explanation

67

Chapter 5

Risk Communication

89

Chapter 6

Implementing Actuarial Risk Assessment

107

Chapter 7

Questions and Answers About the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment/Domestic Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (ODARA/DVRAG) System

127

Appendix A

Scoring Criteria for the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA)

151

Appendix B

Sample Risk Assessment Report Summary and Norms for the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA)

169

Appendix C

Scoring Criteria for the Domestic Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (DVRAG)

171

Appendix D

Sample Risk Assessment Report Summary and Norms for the Domestic Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (DVRAG)

179

Appendix E

Practice Case Materials

181

Appendix F

Graphical Aids for the Statistical Interpretation of the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA)

205

References

209

Index

229

About the Authors

239