Domestic Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management

This workshop will provide an overview of risk factors for domestic violence, and approaches to assessing risk of domestic violence and its severity, with an emphasis on men’s violence towards their intimate partners. Particular attention will be given to the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA), including its development and content, up-to-date validation studies, and its applications. N. Zoe Hilton, PhD, Cpsych, will show how risk assessment fits within the Risk, Need, Responsivity principles of effective correctional service, and present recent studies on domestic violence treatment approaches and criminogenic needs, showing how tools like the ODARA can help improve both risk assessment and risk management.

• Compare the major approaches to domestic violence risk assessment.
• Explain how to apply the Risk, Need, Responsivity principles to domestic violence.

N. Zoe Hilton, PhD, CPsych