Enclosure (6) to COMDTINST 1754.12
FAMILY ADVOCACY RISK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT
LEVEL OF RISK APPLICATION
SPOUSE ABUSE
1.
Substantiated cases must be initially assigned a level of Low Risk, Moderate Risk or High
Risk. The level of Risk shall be reviewed every 30 to 60 days and documented in the case
record.
2.
After rating all related areas, an overall rating must be assigned based on the likelihood of
reoccurrence and the expected level of harm if an incident did occur.
3.
LEVELS OF RISK ARE AS FOLLOWS:
a.
INCIDENT RELATED:
(1) LOW RISK - Review of the severity, precipitating event, pattern, abuser's
access, abuser's/victim's view of incident, potential for reoccurrence, potential
danger and alcohol/drug involvement, shows the act(s) of omission or
commission places the spouse at risk of minor physical, emotional, sexual,
mental illness or injury.
(2) MODERATE RISK - Review of the severity, precipitating event, pattern,
abuser's access, abuser's/victim's view of incident, potential for reoccurrence,
potential danger and alcohol/drug involvement, shows the act(s) of omission or
commission places the spouse at risk of significant physical, emotional, sexual,
mental illness or injury.
(3) HIGH RISK - Review of the severity, precipitating event, pattern, abuser's
access, abuser's/victim's view of incident, potential for reoccurrence, potential
danger and alcohol/drug involvement, shows the act(s) of omission or
commission places the spouse at risk of serious physical, emotional, sexual,
mental illness or injury and/or impairment or loss of bodily functions and/or
death.
b.
ABUSER RELATED.
(1) LOW RISK - Review of the abuser's history, disabilities/psychiatric disorder,
level of cooperation, communication skills/knowledge, alcohol/drug abuse,
anger/control behavior shows the abuser has taken responsibility for the
abuse/neglect and is open to intervention/treatment.
(2) MODERATE RISK - Review of the abuser's history, disabilities/psychiatric
disorder, level of cooperation, communication skills/knowledge, alcohol/drug
abuse, anger/control behavior shows the abuser takes responsibility but is in
denial and minimizes the situation. The abuser is not resistant to intervention
and treatment.
(3) HIGH RISK- Review of the abuser's history, disabilities/psychiatric disorder,
level of cooperation, communication skills/knowledge, alcohol/drug abuse,
anger/control behavior shows the abuser takes minimal or no responsibility and
is in denial and minimizes the situation. The abuser is resistant to intervention
and treatment
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