The Lethality Screen: The Predictive Validity of an Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment for Use by First Responders

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 205-226

  Messing, Jill Theresa ^a   Campbell, Jacquelyn ^b   Sullivan Wilson, Janet ^c   Brown, Sheryll ^d   Patchell, Beverly ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d Oklahoma State Health Department   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

domestic violence; Lethality Assessment Program; predictive validity; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERCEPTION; POLICE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVOR;

EID: 85006355510     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: 15526518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260515585540     Document Type: Article

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