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Risk Assessment in Context  


Author:  D. Kelly Weisberg.


Source: Volume 09, Number 01, Summer 2016 , pp.13-18(6)




Family & Intimate Partner Violence Quarterly

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Abstract: 

Kelly Weisberg defines and summarizes the theoretical and legal foundations for instruments used to measure risk, and surveys the use of these tools in protecting and treating victims of interpersonal violence, in prosecuting abusers, and in seeking civil damages for abuse.

Keywords: Risk Assessment; Tarasoff v. U.C. Regents

Affiliations:  1: Hastings College of Law.

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