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  • Forensic Psychology
  • Public Health

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  • Intimate partner violence (IPV) poses a significant public health and safety concern.
  • Accurate risk assessment is crucial for preventing recidivism in individuals charged with IPV.
  • Current IPV risk assessment tools may benefit from refinement to capture underlying constructs more effectively.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the factor structure of combined items from multiple IPV risk assessment tools.
  • To determine if identified risk factors predict recidivism outcomes in a Canadian sample.
  • To enhance the understanding of latent constructs within IPV risk.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data from 251 adult men charged with violence against female intimate partners in Canada (2010-2016).
  • Combined items from three IPV risk assessment tools to identify underlying factor structures.
  • Statistical examination of whether identified factors predicted IPV and violent recidivism over a 4-year follow-up period.

Main Results:

  • Six underlying risk factors were identified from the combined IPV risk assessment items.
  • Two factors significantly predicted intimate partner violence (IPV), any violent, and any recidivism.
  • The 'Antisocial Patterns and Psychosocial Adjustment' factor independently predicted IPV and violent recidivism, outperforming other factors.

Conclusions:

  • Findings suggest opportunities to enhance current IPV risk assessment measures.
  • The results support the development of more informative causal theories of IPV recidivism.
  • Identifying specific predictive factors like 'Antisocial Patterns and Psychosocial Adjustment' can refine intervention and prevention strategies.