Danger Review

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A review of dangerousness is a difficult and uncertain task and cannot predict that a domestic violence perpetrator will or will not seriously harm or kill his/her partner or others. The following is only a guide.
1 Has the perpetrator verbally threatened to kill or harm the victim, children or others?
2 Has the perpetrator threatened to harm or kill himself/herself, or has he/she exhibited fantasies of detail plans of suicide and/or homicide?
3 Does the perpetrator possess weapons and has he/she threatened the victim or actually used them in abusing the victim or others?
4 Has the perpetrator injured the victim, children or others, seriously enough to require medical?
5 Does the perpetrator have a criminal history of violence or stalking behaviors?
6 Is the perpetrator intoxicated on a daily or weekly basis or does he/she heavily or regularly use amphetamines, heroine, or other street drugs and does the perpetrator become violence when abusing substances?
7 Has the perpetrator violated a protective order in the past?
8 Has the domestic violence increased in severity and frequency over the past year?
9 Has the perpetrator forced sexual activities upon the spouse or children?
10 Has the perpetrator ever prevented the victim or children from leaving by threatening physical harm to self or others if they left?
11 Has the victim recently separated from or terminated the relationship with the perpetrator?
12 Has the perpetrator harmed or killed family pets or threatened to do so?
13 Has the perpetrator destroyed the victim's personal property?
14 Has the perpetrator dropped out of treatment or been non-compliant in a domestic violence treatment program?
15 Does the perpetrator exhibit excessive jealousy?