ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Familicide, Filicide, Child Custody
23 Jun 2020
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Believes death is in the best interest of the child. History of child maltreatment and abuse against victim. Often committed within context of separation and child custody disputes. Increase in frequency/severity of violence: threats to kill. Victim feeling isolated and without social support. Fearing for her safety or the safety of children. The process through which an organisation or professional attempts to assess the degree of harm or injury likely to ensue from family violence, including homicide (braff & The aim is to improve the protection and interventions for families who are experiencing domestic violence and to target those interventions on those cases that need them most because they present the highest risk (hoyle, 2008) Examples of risk assessment tools with some predictive validity: Sara - spousal assault risk assessment guide (kropp et al, 1995) Odara - ontario domestic assault risk assessment (hilton et al. , 2004) Used by law enforcement, healthcare professionals, domestic violence workers, etc.
