Question 1

Structured professional judgment (SPJ) risk assessment instruments are thought to be a compromise between
Unstructured professional judgment (UPJ) and actuarial risk assessment (ARA) instruments because:

Accepted Answer

SPJ instruments allow administrators to integrate their professional judgment with structured guidelines, combining elements of both UPJ and ARA.

Question 2

Structured professional judgment (SPJ) risk assessments do not lend themselves to calculation of a total or final "score."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Structured professional judgment (SPJ) risk assessments do...

Question 3

The Danger Assessment is intended primarily:

Accepted Answer

The Danger Assessment is primarily designed to help women in abusive relationships assess the risk of lethal violence and make informed decisions about their safety and self-care.

Question 4

Campbell et al (2003) found that women whose partner threatened or assaulted them with a gun or other weapon
Were found to be:

Accepted Answer

The answer of Campbell et al (2003) found that women...

Question 5

Because prospective studies of intimate partner femicide are generally infeasible for practical reasons, research on
Lethality assessment has had to rely on:

Accepted Answer

The answer of Because prospective studies of intimate partner femicide...

Question 6

The predictive efficacy of the Danger Assessment was found to be considerably higher in the Department of Justice RAVE study than it was in the retrospective 11-city case control study.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The predictive efficacy of the Danger Assessment...

Question 7

The Department of Justice RAVE study followed 1,307 women over a one-year period. The Danger Assessment was found to predict severe abuse significantly better than chance and better than the other instruments evaluated.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Department of Justice RAVE study followed...

Question 8

Until predictive efficacy of risk assessment instruments can be improved, Messing & Thaller (2013) suggest that
Selection of one inventory over another should be based on:

Accepted Answer

Messing & Thaller (2013) suggest that the selection of risk assessment instruments should be based on the intended setting, as different settings may require different tools and approaches.

Quiz 8: Preventing Intimate Partner Homicide and Femicide

Structured professional judgment (SPJ) risk assessment instruments are thought to be a compromise between Unstructured professional judgment (UPJ) and actuarial risk assessment (ARA) instruments because:

Structured professional judgment (SPJ) risk assessments do not lend themselves to calculation of a total or final "score."

The Danger Assessment is intended primarily:

Campbell et al (2003) found that women whose partner threatened or assaulted them with a gun or other weapon Were found to be:

Because prospective studies of intimate partner femicide are generally infeasible for practical reasons, research on Lethality assessment has had to rely on:

The predictive efficacy of the Danger Assessment was found to be considerably higher in the Department of Justice RAVE study than it was in the retrospective 11-city case control study.

The Department of Justice RAVE study followed 1,307 women over a one-year period. The Danger Assessment was found to predict severe abuse significantly better than chance and better than the other instruments evaluated.

Until predictive efficacy of risk assessment instruments can be improved, Messing & Thaller (2013) suggest that Selection of one inventory over another should be based on: