Spousal assaulters in outpatient mental health care: The relevance of structured risk assessment
Serie,C.M.B. van Tilburg,C.A. van Dam,A. de Ruiter,C.
Serie,C.M.B.
van Tilburg,C.A.
van Dam,A.
de Ruiter,C.
Abstract
This study examined whether a typology of perpetrators of intimate partner violence (IPV) could be replicated in a Dutch sample (N = 154) of self-referred IPV perpetrators using a structured risk assessment tool for relational violence (Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk [B-SAFER]). Our findings support the previous IPV perpetrator subtypes: low-level antisocial (LLA), family only (FO), psychopathology (PP), and generally violent/antisocial (GVA). The subtypes differed on the descriptive dimensions general criminality, substance use, and mental health problems. The prevalence rates for each subtype were roughly comparable with those in previous studies. Contrary to expectation, the prevalence of the GVA subtype was relatively high in our self-referred sample compared with court-referred samples. Our findings suggest that structured risk assessment should be an integral part of the intake procedure for IPV perpetrators entering treatment, to assess their level of risk and to arrive at a tailored risk management strategy, regardless of setting or referral source.
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2017
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Research Projects
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SDG 5 - Gender Equality, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Serie, C M B, van Tilburg, C A, van Dam, A & de Ruiter, C 2017, 'Spousal assaulters in outpatient mental health care : The relevance of structured risk assessment', Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 1658–1677. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260515589932