Items:

General violence risk factors

1. Past assault of family members
2. Past assault of strangers or acquaintances
3. Past violation of conditional release or community supervision
4. Recent relationship problems
5. Recent employment problems
6. Victim of andor witness to family violence as a child or adolescent
7. Recent substance abusedependence
8. Recent suicidal or homicidal ideationintent
9. Recent psychotic andor manic symptoms
10. Personality disorder with anger impulsivity, or behavioral instability

Spousal violence risk factor

11. Past physical assault
12. Past sexual assaultsexual jealousy
13. Past use of weapons andor credible threats of death
14. Recent escalation in frequency or severity of assault
15. Past violation of “no contact” orders
16. Extreme minimization or denial of spousal assault history
17. Attitudes that support or condone spousal assault
18. Severe andor sexual assault (most recent incident)
19. Use of weapons andor credible threats of death (most recent incident)
20. Violation of “no contact” order (most recent incident)

Response Options:
Coded presence of 20 risk factors on a 3-point scale:
Absent - 0
Possibly or Partially Present - 1 Present - 2