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Prof. Henrik Belfrage
Henrik Belfrage, Ph.D., is Professor of Criminology at Mid Sweden University and visiting Professor in the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Bergen, Norway. Dr Belfrage also works as Director of Research at two of Sweden’s biggest forensic psychiatric hospitals (Vadstena and Sundsvall), and has over the years assessed numerous violent offenders in both the forensic psychiatric system and the correctional system. He has published extensive in the area of spousal assault and risk, and he is co-author of the Brief Spousal Assault Form for the Evaluation of Risk (B-SAFER), sometimes referred to as the short version of the SARA.
Risk Assessment of Spousal Violence: What approach should we use?
Spousal violence is a major societal problem and one of the most essential tasks in the field of risk assessment and risk management is to improve the accuracy in identifying victims, particularly women, at high risk and, consequently, develop strategies for reducing and managing that risk. The last decades research has, among other things, resulted in various risk assessment instruments with various, and sometimes even conflicting, approaches. What approach should we use? What are the pros and cons with various approaches and instruments? Dr Belfrage will in his presentation discuss various approaches to risk assessment in this context.
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