Sponsor
Hatfield School of Government. Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Kris Henning
Term of Graduation
Spring 2020
Date of Publication
7-28-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Criminology and Criminal Justice
Department
Criminology and Criminal Justice
Language
English
Subjects
Intimate partner violence -- Risk assessment, Recidivism -- Risk factors
DOI
10.15760/etd.7416
Physical Description
1 online resource (vi, 97 pages)
Abstract
Intimate partner violence (IPV) affects millions of people in the United States, causing negative generational consequences to the victim and the community. The criminal justice system has increased its preventative strategies to combat this issue through mandatory arrest laws and the use of risk assessment tools for determining the likelihood of offender recidivism. Risk factors included in standardized and actuarial risk assessment tools have been found to be relatively good predictors for violent recidivism.
This study assesses the predictive accuracy of risk factors through bivariate correlations and multiple logistic regression analysis. The risk factors analyzed include demographic information, mental health characteristics, criminal history, suspect-victim relationship characteristics, suspect-victim IPV history, current incident characteristics, and victim-rated risk from the victim interview. A primary question addressed is the additive value of incorporating victim-rated risk for predicting any DV recidivism and violent DV recidivism. The results from this study add to the existing research on Domestic Violence and the predictive strength of the information collected by officers during an incident of IPV.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33651
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Jennifer Joanne, "Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment: the Additive Value of Victim Reported Risk" (2020). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5542.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.7416