Points 2 Prove

The Ultimate Police Handbook

DARA - Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment

Checklists


How often does (...) make threats to harm you or things you care about such as people, pets or property?
How often does (...) call you names, humiliate or degrade you?
How often does (...) control your daily activities such as how you dress or how you perform household tasks?
How often does (...) deny you access to money or control what you can spend it on?
How often does (...) make you account for where you have been or monitor your phone, email or social media to check up on you?
How often does (...) follow or stalk you, or try to contact you when you do not want them to?
How often do you feel isolated or like you have no one to turn to for support?
How often does (...) use physical violence towards you such as pushing, slapping, punching or kicking?
How often does (...) strangle you or attempt to choke, suffocate, or drown you?
How often does (...) use or threaten to use weapons such as household items, knives or guns to hurt you?
How often does (...) threaten or attempt suicide?
Have you recently separated from (...) or do you plan to separate from them? [If yes] Has this/will this put you in danger?
Is the abuse you are experiencing from (...) getting worse?
Has (...) ever threatened to kill you and you believed they were capable of doing it?
Has (...) ever hurt the children?
Does (...) use child contact arrangements to control you or continue to abuse you?
Are you pregnant or have you recently had a baby?
On a scale of 0 to 10, where "0" is not at all likely and "10" is very likely, how likely do you think it is that (...) will seriously injure you in the future?