Family Violence – Preliminary Assessment tool

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Family Violence – Preliminary Assessment tool

Parents and Family Violence

Risk or vulnerability factor

Victim

· Pregnancy/new birth*

· Depression/ mental health issue

· Drug and/or alcohol misuse/abuse

· Has ever verbalised or had suicidal ideas or tried to commit suicide

· Isolation

Perpetrator

· Use of weapon in most recent event*

· Access to weapons*

· Has ever harmed or threatened to harm victim

· Has ever tried to choke the victim*

· Has ever threatened to kill victim*

· Has ever harmed or threatened to harm or kill children*

· Has ever harmed or threatened to harm or kill other family members

· Has ever harmed or threatened to harm or kill pets or other animals*

· Has ever threatened or tried to commit suicide*

· Stalking of victim*

· Sexual assault of victim*

· Previous or current breach of intervention order

· Drug and/or alcohol misuse/abuse*

· Obsession/jealous behaviour toward victim*

· Controlling behaviour*

· Unemployed*

· Depression/mental health issue#

· History of violent behaviour (not family violence)

Relationship

· Recent separation*

· Escalation – increase in severity and/or frequency of violence*

· Financial difficulties

* May indicate an increased risk of the victim being killed or almost killed.

# Mental health issues such as depression and paranoid psychosis‚ which focuses on the victim as hostile‚ are high risk factors when they are present in conjunction with other risk factors‚ particularly a previous history of violence.

Presence of factor: Yes‚ No

This instrument can be found at:

Family violence- Risk assessment and risk management

Family Violence- Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Framework and Practice Guides 1-3

Family Violence- Risk Assessment and Risk Management: Participant Handbook Practice Guide 2

Family Violence- Risk Assessment for Specialist Family Violence Workers: Participant Handbook Practice Guide 3

Review of the Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework (CRAF)

Victorian Government‚ (2007)‚ Family Violence: Risk Assessment and Risk Management‚ Melbourne: Department of Victorian Communities. http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/home

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