The danger assessment predicts lethality and asks victims to go back to the last year of their life in regards to any abuse. The purpose of this tool is to educate the women of the risks that may cause a negative outcome and also create a safety plan with the information provided by the assessment. The danger assessment is the most commonly used and can be used by law enforcement, healthcare professionals, and advocates. I feel like this would be one of …show more content…
It is used to assess the risk factors and rate them in low, moderate, or high. This tool can also be used for interviews with the victims in gathering the information needed. This can be a best tool because it is measuring the risk factors and looks at the helper is able to identify the highest one. With that information, the helper is able to safety plan with the victim around that risk factor.
The Women Abuse Screening Tool Short is another assessment tool that can be used with this client group. This tool was originally used in a study to evaluate a woman’s abuse. The results from that study proved that this tool was reliable and valid. This tool can be used as a base to further explore the abuse. I feel like this tool would work well with this client group because it is a set of about eight questions, it is not long and overwhelming and does not ask for any specifics. Sometimes when a woman first comes in seeking help they have a hard time giving details so I feel like this would be a good