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Predicting Violence by Serious Wife Assaulters

Mental Health Centre, Penetanguishene, Canada

GRANT T. HARRIS

Mental Health Centre, Penetanguishene, Canada

MARNIE E. RICE

Mental Health Centre, Penetanguishene, Canada

Assessing violence risk among wife assaulters is receiving increasing attention in the literature, but risk assessment tools specifically for this population are just beginning to be developed. The literature on wife assaulters suggests the importance of antisocial personality and behavior. The present study examines psychopathy; the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG), a validated actuarial risk assessment tool for violent recidivism; and motives thought to be related to wife assault, in predicting violent recidivism among 88 men with a history of serious wife assault. Violent recidivism was lower among wife assaulters (24%) than among a larger sample of generally violent offenders (44%). Score on the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised was a good predictor of subsequent violence, r = .35, and score on the VRAG was a significantly better predictor, r = .42, area under the curve (AUC) = .75. The prospects for predicting lethal wife assault and violence against specific victims are discussed.

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 16, No. 5, 408-423 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/088626001016005002


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