RT Article
T1 Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment and Psycho-criminological Analysis: Development of the RBAC-VPI Risk Measure
JF Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice
VO 67
IS 2
SP 1
OP 29
A1 Allard, Victoria
A1 Higgs, Tamsin
A1 Giguère, Guy
A1 Bourassa, Christian
A2 Higgs, Tamsin
A2 Giguère, Guy
A2 Bourassa, Christian
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1940074614
AB Intimate partner violence (IPV) has both serious consequences for its victims and high rates of recidivism. Risk assessment measures are an integral part of preventing IPV recidivism. The use of brief IPV-specific measures is particularly relevant in settings, such as corrections, where resources are limited. The RBAC-VPI is a 15-item IPV risk assessment designed as a supplement to general risk measures, making it efficient to use in various settings. Validity was tested in a sample of 222 men in the province of Quebec, Canada convicted of a violent offence where the victim was an intimate partner. Participants were evaluated using the RBAC-VPI, a general risk assessment (RBAC-PCQ), a standalone IPV risk assessment (SARA-V3), and a psychopathy assessment (PCL:SV). The RBAC-VPI showed acceptable reliability and very strong convergent validity with the other measures, most notably with the SARA-V3 (r = .51), while containing fewer items and being quicker to administer. A Rasch model item response theory analysis further supported the validity of the measure’s items. Items showed excellent model fit and a good difficulty distribution. Only two items were identified as redundant and one as less informative. This suggests that the RBAC-VPI is both brief and highly informative.
K1 RBAC-VPI
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 Intimate Partner Violence
K1 Item Response Theory
K1 Psychometrics
K1 psychométrie
K1 Risk assessment
K1 théorie de la réponse à l’item
K1 violence conjugale
K1 violence entre partenaires intimes
K1 évaluation du risque
DO 10.3138/cjccj-2024-0050