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Assault Intervention - Risk Reduction Assessment

This project was supported by grant #98SBWX0127 awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view or opinions contained within this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official positions or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Take the Assault Intervention - Risk Reduction Assessment and answer as many questions as possible. You will be trying to find out if the person you are assessing has a pattern of risk factors similar to others who have ALREADY assaulted other people. This assessment will suggest what constitutes a risk factor and ways to reduce these risk factors. Be thorough and try to be as honest as possible. Try to avoid bias in your test or the results will not be helpful. Many people will find that they do not have enough facts to complete an evaluation. Don't make snap judgments about this youth as you may only see how they are responding to your perception of them. Have you spent more than five minutes with them? Look at the alternatives and helpful information in the test response. This test was developed on School Based Partnership Grant 98SBWX0127. Let's take the test.

1. Who are you? (The person trying to assess someone else)
   Teacher assessing one of my students
   Teacher assessing another student
   Administrator assessing a student
   Parent assessing their own child
   Concerned adult assessing a student
   Student assessing another student
   Students assessing themselves
   Criminal Justice personnel assessing a youth or student
   
   The following parts of the test ask questions about the student being assessed. If you don't know an answer...leave it blank or click, don't know as indicated. Many questions require multi-part answers (Check all that apply). The more complete the test -- the more accurate the response.
2. Gender of the student?

   MALE

   FEMALE

3. What approximate age is the student?

   5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

4. Economic factors: Estimated family income per year

   Under poverty level

   Low standard of living compared to their peers

   Low to moderate family income

   Moderate income or better

   Don't know income information

5. About the student?

   Attends Public School

   Attends Private School

   At Home Schooling

6. Dress Code:

   Enforced at school

   No dress code

   Uniforms required

   Don't know

7. Other School Factors: (Check all that apply)

   Student is in after-school program

   No extended care for this student
   
   

   Full-time School Resource Officers present (SROs).

   Part-time School Resource Officers present (SROs).

   No School Resource Officers present (SROs).
   
   

   Are students forced to eat cafeteria food at your school?
   
   

   Ratio of students to teachers is above state guidelines (classrooms are crowded)

   Ratio of students to teachers is within the acceptable range of state guidelines (classrooms meet minimum staffing levels)

   Ratio of students to teachers is under the maximum (excellent teacher-student ratio -- classrooms are not crowded)

   Don't know about teacher student ratios

8. Household dynamics: (Check all that apply)

   No parental figure - (lives with relatives or others)

   Little supervision at home (or weak supervision)

   Divorced family

   Blended family (student lives with children from other marriages)

   Youth wants to live with other parent

   Student is homeless

   Family is homeless

   Recent custody change

   Forced to leave previous residence

9. School Education Issues: (Check all that apply)

   Student has below average grades

   Student can't read (or very poorly)

   Reads below their grade level
   
   

   Student has a learning disability. How severe is it? 1 to 5 with 1 as slight impairment. 0 1 2 3 4 5 & up

   Truancy? How many unexcused absences in one semester? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 & up

10. Psychological Issues: (Check all that apply)

    Student acts depressed? Scale of 0 (not) to 5 (severely depressed) 0 1 2 3 4 5

    Student has demonstrated acts of extreme rage for seemingly minor issues? How many times? 0 1 2 3 4 5

    Student has intentionally caused over $100 damage to property...particularly smashing and throwing property. How many times? 0 1 2 3 4 5
    
    

    Reputation for promiscuity

    Abandonment (Child abandoned by parents)
    
    

    Emotional abuse from family members

    Emotional abuse from non-family members
    
    

    Sex abuse from family member

    Sex abuse from non-family member
    
    

    Physical abuse from family member

    Physical abuse from non-family member
    
    

    Domestic violence in boyfriend-girlfriend relationship

    Domestic violence by former or current spouse of student

    Witness of regular domestic abuse at home
    
    

    Acquaintance rape as victim

    Acquaintance rape as perpetrator
    
    

    Student has witnessed violent crime other than domestic violence at home (has seen people raped, robbed, or beaten)Select the number of times this may have occurred 0 1 2 3 4 & up

11. Substance Abuse: (Check all that apply)

    Does this person drink any alcoholic beverages in an average week?

    Does this person use any tobacco products in an average week?
    
    

    Do they use marijuana? (Other than experimentation - regularly when available)

    Do they EVER use cocaine, crack, or other non-prescription drugs?

    Do they ever abuse prescription drugs on any occasion (non-prescription use)?

    Do they EVER use glue, paint, gasoline, correction fluid or other chemicals to get high?

12. Social Skills - Getting along with others: (Check all that apply)

    No interaction with peers (Student has withrawn from social activities and acts "friendless")

    Problems with peers

    Excellent social skills
    
    

    Do they know any gang members?

    Are their (his/her) friends, associated with (hang out) or related (family) to any gang member?

    Are they a gang member?

13. Relationship to authority: (Check all that apply)

    Juvenile Citations or Arrests - How many encounters with Justice System? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 & up

    Don't know about arrests
    
    

    In-School Detentions? - How many days of suspension? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 & up

    Don't know about detentions

14. After School Activities or Special Programs: (Check all that apply)

    Successfully completed D.A.R.E. Program

    Successfully completed Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.) Program

    Member of Band/Chorus/Drama/Arts

    Member of Service Clubs (Community Services, FFA, Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA, Scouts, Explorers, Church Groups)

    Athletics (Football, martial arts, basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling, track, swimming, etc)

    Regularly employed
    
    

    Is the student involved in any hobbies or non-criminal after-school activities that are not listed above? - How many hours per week? 0 1 to 2 hrs 3 to 4 hrs 5 to 8 hrs 9 hours or more