Tuesday 27th June 2006 Workshops			return to programme index return to workshops
Each workshop is an all day event.
Workshop 2	Anna C. Baldry Associate professor Department of Psychology Second University of Naple	Increasing self awareness: Assessing risk of recidivism of intimate partner violence and risk communication to victims
	Introduction: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is world wide diffused causing long and short term negative consequences at the physical, psychological and social level to the victim but also to the children involved and the perpetrator, sometimes even death. Kropp, Hart & Belfrage (1998, 2005) have developed a short version of the original 20 item of SARA (Spousal Assault Risk Assessment), named B-Safer, or SARA-PV (police version), SARA-S (screening version) in Italian, consisting of 10 items. Aim: To prevent recidivism police officers, magistrates, judge, social workers, victim support workers as well forensic psychologists and psychiatrists can benefit from this method because it provides a structured framework to identify risk factors and establish level of risk. This helps to set up and develop best strategies to manage risk and prevent recidivism. Risk assessment is also a useful tool to help victims communicate the risk they are running into that relationship. Method: The workshop will describe the risk assessment method (SARA) and how this is used in different countries and will train participant in its use, with special reference to SARA-S, in conjunction with victim based assessment. Real cases both taped as well as written will be presented and will be used for small group discussion and role-play cases to assess risk. Expected outcome: Participants taking part in the workshop will learn about the relationship between intimate partner violence and risk of escalation resulting in killing, about risk assessment in IPV and practical use of SARA-S, its applicability and limits. Participants will be provided with an up-dated complete reference list and resources. Please note each workshop costs an additional £100 to the standard registration fee.
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