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The ‘officer effect’ in risk assessment for domestic abuse: Findings from a mixed methods study in England and Wales
Research on risk assessment for domestic abuse has focused primarily on the predictive validity of specific tools; less attention has been paid to implementation of risk tools by practitioners. This paper presents findings from a mixed methods study in England and Wales. Multi-level modelling reveal...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10248280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37304041 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14773708231156331 |
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description | Research on risk assessment for domestic abuse has focused primarily on the predictive validity of specific tools; less attention has been paid to implementation of risk tools by practitioners. This paper presents findings from a mixed methods study in England and Wales. Multi-level modelling reveals an ‘officer effect’ whereby victims’ responses to the Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour-Based Violence (DASH) risk assessment are influenced by the specific officer that completes the assessment. Specifically, this officer effect is strongest in relation to questions intended to capture elements of controlling and coercive behaviour, and least apparent in relation to identifying physical injuries. We further present findings from field observations and interviews with first response officers that corroborate and help explain the officer effect. We discuss implications for the design of primary risk assessments, victim safeguarding, and the use of police data for predictive modelling. |
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spelling | pubmed-102482802023-06-09 The ‘officer effect’ in risk assessment for domestic abuse: Findings from a mixed methods study in England and Wales Myhill, Andy Hohl, Katrin Johnson, Kelly Eur J Criminol Articles Research on risk assessment for domestic abuse has focused primarily on the predictive validity of specific tools; less attention has been paid to implementation of risk tools by practitioners. This paper presents findings from a mixed methods study in England and Wales. Multi-level modelling reveals an ‘officer effect’ whereby victims’ responses to the Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Harassment and Honour-Based Violence (DASH) risk assessment are influenced by the specific officer that completes the assessment. Specifically, this officer effect is strongest in relation to questions intended to capture elements of controlling and coercive behaviour, and least apparent in relation to identifying physical injuries. We further present findings from field observations and interviews with first response officers that corroborate and help explain the officer effect. We discuss implications for the design of primary risk assessments, victim safeguarding, and the use of police data for predictive modelling. SAGE Publications 2023-03-07 2023-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10248280/ /pubmed/37304041 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14773708231156331 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Articles Myhill, Andy Hohl, Katrin Johnson, Kelly The ‘officer effect’ in risk assessment for domestic abuse: Findings from a mixed methods study in England and Wales |
title | The ‘officer effect’ in risk assessment for domestic abuse: Findings
from a mixed methods study in England and Wales |
title_full | The ‘officer effect’ in risk assessment for domestic abuse: Findings
from a mixed methods study in England and Wales |
title_fullStr | The ‘officer effect’ in risk assessment for domestic abuse: Findings
from a mixed methods study in England and Wales |
title_full_unstemmed | The ‘officer effect’ in risk assessment for domestic abuse: Findings
from a mixed methods study in England and Wales |
title_short | The ‘officer effect’ in risk assessment for domestic abuse: Findings
from a mixed methods study in England and Wales |
title_sort | ‘officer effect’ in risk assessment for domestic abuse: findings
from a mixed methods study in england and wales |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10248280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37304041 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14773708231156331 |
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