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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for risk assessment (new zealand)
3 results foundAuthor: Brown, Melanie Title: Family Violence Risk Assessment: Review of International Research Summary: This literature review presents an overview of the international research and best practice literature on family violence risk assessment from over the last decade. It was undertaken for the New Zealand Police to inform any changes they may wish to make to their own family violence risk assessment processes. For that reason it has an emphasis on the literature as it relates to Police organisations, rather than other sectors such as healthcare providers who also have a role in family violence risk assessment. As the New Zealand Police are particularly interested in reducing serious harm and lethality (homicide) from family violence, the focus of this review was literature related to assessing the risk of reassault likely to cause serious harm or lethality. However, few risk assessment tools have been designed to assess lethality and few studies have attempted to identify risk factors specific to lethality—so, in addition to examining those that do, the review also examines the research on predicting reassault, which is increasingly aiming to predict the severity and frequency of reassault as the science of risk assessment becomes more sophisticated. This review outlines the approaches and tools used in family violence risk assessment, the most common risk factors for future violence, and what is known about the effectiveness of the different tools at predicting future violence. The review also sets out what the research says about the use of risk assessment in practice, especially by Police, and the implications for effective risk management. Details: Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Police, 2011. 60p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 24, 2012 at http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/resources/evaluation/2011-08-04-fv-risk-assessment-review-of-research.pdf Year: 2011 Country: New Zealand URL: http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/resources/evaluation/2011-08-04-fv-risk-assessment-review-of-research.pdf Shelf Number: 126413 Keywords: Assault (New Zealand)Domestic Violence (New Zealand)Family Violence (New Zealand)Risk Assessment (New Zealand) |
Author: Mossman, Elaine Title: Research to Validate the New Zealand Police Youth Offending Risk Screening Tool (YORST) Phase I: Screening and Assessment of Young Offenders Risk of Recidivism: Literature Review Summary: This report responds to a request by the New Zealand Police to conduct a literature review of risk screening instruments for youth offenders, with a particular focus on the methods used to establish validity and reliability of these tools, including validation across cultures. The purpose of the literature review is to inform a larger project that aims to assess the validity, reliability and predictive capability of the New Zealand Police Youth Offending Risk Screening Tool (YORST). Details: Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Police, 2010. 87p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed on September 24, 2012 at http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/yorst-screening-and-assessment-of-young-offenders-literature-review.pdf Year: 2010 Country: New Zealand URL: http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/yorst-screening-and-assessment-of-young-offenders-literature-review.pdf Shelf Number: 126440 Keywords: Juvenile Offenders (New Zealand)Recidivism (New Zealand)Risk Assessment (New Zealand) |
Author: Mossman, Elaine Title: Research to Validate the New Zealand Police Youth Offending Risk Screening Tool (YORST) Phase II: Predictive Ability Analysis Summary: Predicting recidivism in young offenders is not an easy task and none of the currently available risk assessment tools do exceptionally well at this. The predictive ability of the YORST was as good, and in some cases better than other well established and more comprehensive risk assessment tools. This is a good achievement for New Zealand Police, particularly considering the comparative brevity of the YORST screen with just 14 items. Analysis presented in this report has revealed that modifications to the existing YORST through the re-coding of items, applying weights to predictive items or including additional predictor variables were able to improve slightly its predictive ability. However, of particular value has been the identification of items which are most important in predicting recidivism. Identification of these items has important implications for the practical application of the YORST. Predicting recidivism in young offenders is not an easy task and none of the currently available risk assessment tools do exceptionally well at this. The predictive ability of the YORST was as good, and in some cases better than other well established and more comprehensive risk assessment tools. This is a good achievement for New Zealand Police, particularly considering the comparative brevity of the YORST screen with just 14 items. Details: Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Police, 2010. 55p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 24, 2012 at http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/yorst-predictive-ability-analysis.pdf Year: 2010 Country: New Zealand URL: http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/yorst-predictive-ability-analysis.pdf Shelf Number: 126441 Keywords: Juvenile Offenders (New Zealand)Recidivism (New Zealand)Risk Assessment (New Zealand) |