(9 Pages)

Learning Objectives:

This module will enable a judge to:

• Improve risk assessment in domestic violence cases by recognizing that when intimate partner sexual abuse is a factor, the risk of injury or death is heightened for the victim, her children and others, especially when the victim tries to leave and seeks help from the justice system.
• Utilize risk assessment instruments that include intimate partner sexual abuse as a factor.

Table of Contents
(20 Pages)

• Introduction
• Separation and Risk
• Separation Sexual Assault
• Stalking
• Lethality
  • Six Types of Potential Lethality
  • Femicide:Will the abuser kill his victim?
  • Child Murder: Will the abuser kill the couple's children?
  • Familicide: Will the abuser kill his partner, their children, and himself?
  • Third Party Lethality: Will the abuser kill a third party?
  • Suicide
  • Will the vicitim kill herself?
  • Will the abuser kill himself?
  • Will the Victim Kill the Abuser?
• Risk Assessment Instruments
• Intimate Partner Sexual Abuse Presages Lethality
• Self-Test and Answers
• Reflection Questions
• Key Points: Risk Assessment