The Development of the VP-SAFvR: An Actuarial Instrument for Police Triage of Australian Family Violence Reports

This study describes the rationale, development, and validation of the Victoria Police Screening Assessment for Family Violence Risk (VP-SAFvR). The actuarial instrument was developed on a sample of 24,446 Australian police reports from 2013-2014. Information from each report and criminal histories...

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Authors: McEwan, Troy E. (Author) ; Ogloff, James R. P. (Author) ; Shea, Daniel E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2019, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 590-607
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Risk assessment
Family violence
Intimate partner violence
Actuarial risk assessment
Policing