The Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (Straus et al., 1996) is a 39 item measure of
both the extent to which partners in a dating, cohabiting, or marital relationship engage in psychological and physical attacks on each other and also their use of reasoning or negotiation to deal with conflicts
.
What is the Conflict Tactic Scale frequently used to assess?
The Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS) are the most widely used instrument for
identifying domestic violence
. There are two main versions of the CTS: the CTS2 (Straus, Hamby, Boney-McCoy, and Sugarman 1996) is the version measuring violence against a partner in a dating or marital relationship.
What is the purpose of Conflict Tactics Scale?
The CTS focuses on “conflict tactics” – the
method used to advance one’s own interest within a conflict
– as a behavior, and measures the conflict tactic behaviors of both the respondent and their partner/primary caregiver.
What do critics of the Conflict Tactics Scale state that it ignores?
Critics of the CTS argue that the scales count
acts of violence but do not provide information about the context in which items occur
(including the initiation, intention, history, or pattern of violence) and therefore may misrepresent the characteristics of violence between partners.
Which of the following is a criticism of the Conflict Tactics Scale?
These criticisms include its
restriction to conflict related violence
, use of a limited set of violent acts, the inclusion of threats as violence, response distortion, and lack of attention to the context of family violence.
What is Abuse Assessment Screen?
The Abuse Assessment (also known as the The Abuse Screen) protocol is
designed to detect abuse in pregnant women
. If abuse is detected, the women are referred to a counselor. The protocol also seeks to increase documentation of abuse in medical records.
Who created the Duluth model?
The Duluth Model (also known as Domestic Abuse Intervention Project or DAIP or Pence’s model) is a program developed to reduce domestic violence against women. It is named after Duluth, Minnesota, the city where it was developed. The program was largely founded by
feminist Ellen Pence
.
What is the danger assessment tool?
The Danger Assessment
helps to determine the level of danger an abused woman has of being killed by her intimate partner
. It is free and available to the public. Using the Danger Assessment requires the weighted scoring and interpretation that is provided after completing the training.
What is the most widely used IPV screen?
The most studied IPV screening tools were
the Hurt, Insult, Threaten, and Scream (HITS)
,
13 – 15 , 24 , 43
the Woman Abuse Screening Tool/Woman Abuse Screening Tool-Short Form (WAST/WAST-SF),
15 – 17 , 25 , 26 , 44
the Partner Violence Screen (PVS),
22 – 26 , 44
and the AAS.
WHAT IS THE HITS screening tool?
HITS (Hurt-Insult-Threaten-Scream) is a domestic violence screening tool developed and tested in a female population at Christ Hospital in Chicago. This tool was developed as a
simple, brief instrument for use in clinical settings to identify victims of domestic violence
.
Does the Duluth model work?
Research has found that by applying all the components of the Duluth Model, 68% of offenders who move through Duluth’s criminal justice system and men’s nonviolence classes do not reappear in the system eight years out.
How is the Duluth model used?
A community using the Duluth Model approach:
Has taken the blame off the victim and placed the accountability for abuse on the offender
. Has shared policies and procedures for holding offenders accountable and keeping victims safe across all agencies in the criminal and civil justice systems from 911 to the courts.
What are the three stages of the cycle of violence?
There are three phases in the cycle of violence:
(1) Tension-Building Phase, (2) Acute or Crisis Phase, and (3) Calm or Honeymoon Phase
.
What is the danger assessment scale?
The Danger Assessment Instrument (DA), in its current form, is a
20-item actuarial test designed to assess the risk of serious or lethal intimate partner violence
. It is intended for use with adult women who have suffered physical abuse at the hands of men who are their current or former intimate partners.
What does the danger assessment predict?
The Danger Assessment (DA) is an instrument designed to
assess the likelihood of lethality or near lethality occurring in a case of intimate partner violence
.
What is a danger assessment calendar?
Included in the Danger Assessment is a calendar which is innovatively applied to aid in recall,
identify old injuries that may have been inadequately treated
, and identify patterns of increasing severity and/or frequency of abuse victims are often unaware of which indicate increased risk.
