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Serious Risk |
Severe Risk |
Acute and Severe Risk |
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Level of Injury
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- light bruising or shallow cuts
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noticeable bruising, pain in joints, lacerations
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serious bruising, sprains, deep cuts, losing consciousness, internal injuries, hitting abdomen during pregnancy, injury requiring medical attention
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Use of Weapons
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- has weapons or martial arts/boxing training, has never used them nor threatened to do so
- Weapons should be removed
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does not have weapons, has not used them but has threatened to do so
has weapons or martial arts/boxing training, has never used them but has threatened to do so
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- has used weapons or martial arts/boxing training against spouse
- has weapons or martial arts/boxing training and has threatened to use them
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Frequency
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- one or two incidents per year
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three to six incidents per year
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daily, weekly or monthly incidents
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Threats
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vague threats, these threats may have to do with attempting to leave, separation, divorce, child custody, seeing another man, etc.
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threats to kill or injure self, victim, or others
threats may revolve around her attempting to leave, separation, divorce, child custody, seeing another man, etc.
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Criminal History
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has restraining order
one or two assault and battery charges, no convictions
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violated a restraining order or served time for violent crimes
has many assault and battery charges or arrests
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Isolation
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- victim has less social and/or family contacts than before relationship
- offender is jealous
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victim has very restricted social and/or family contacts
offender very jealous and often makes accusations of infidelity
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victim is very isolated, her social and/or family contacts sharply restricted; she may not be allowed to go anywhere without him or talk to anybody without his being there
offender extremely jealous, always suspicious, makes irrational, bizarre accusations of infidelity
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Monitoring & Stalking
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makes occasional calls to check on her
- stops by to check on her now and then
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makes frequent calls to verify her whereabouts or stops by wherever she is to check on her
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calls obsessively many times a day to check on her
stops by wherever she is to check on her
always knows her whereabouts or tracks her down, even if she leaves without forwarding address
may follow her even while still together or after
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Sexual Assault
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uses coercion or threatens force in order to have sex
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uses force in order to have sex, threatens to sexually abuse children
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combines sex and use of force and/or deliberately inflicts pain in sexual activity, inflicts group or public sexual degradation
sexually abuses children -- may force spouse to watch
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Substance Abuse
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moderate social drinker or user, never violent while under the influence
- history of subtance abuse, violent while under the influence, and abstinent for 1 year or more
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history of substance abuse, violent while under the influence, and established abstinence less than a year ago
has been violent while under the influence, but abstaining now, attending substance treatment program
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history of substance abuse, has been violent under the influence and is presently using
has started drinking or drugging after victim discusses leaving or separating
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