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Britain reassesses 'flawed' domestic abuse risk tool
SafeLives leads government-backed review of DASH tool after studies found 96.3% of high-risk domestic abuse cases were underestimated, contributing to failures in victim protection.
- This year, the UK government tasked SafeLives charity with reviewing the DASH risk assessment tool, which has been used for more than 15 years, according to the charity.
- Researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Seville found DASH 'performs poorly at identifying high-risk victims', misclassifying 350,000 incidents in a major UK police force study.
- Despite threats to kill her, Bethany Fields reported her ex-boyfriend’s abusive behavior to police, but was not assessed as high risk, says the IOPC report published this year.
- Officials called for enhanced training and tools, as Assistant Chief Constable Claire Bell urged `Police officers must be supported with the right training and tools to identify offences and protect victims`.
- In the year ending March 2024, 83 of 108 domestic homicides involved female victims, and Fawziyah Javed was misclassified as medium risk six days before her death, costing lives.
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Britain reassesses 'flawed' domestic abuse risk tool
A month before she was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend, Bethany Fields walked into a police station in northern England to report his abusive and controlling behaviour. He had threatened to kill her, but she was not assessed as high risk.
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The Flawed Formula: Rethinking Domestic Abuse Risk Assessments
Bethany Fields' tragic death highlights systemic flaws in Britain's DASH risk assessment tool for domestic abuse. Despite red flags, Fields wasn't deemed high-risk. Recent studies suggest a high failure rate in identifying true danger, sparking a government review and potential overhaul of the DASH system to better protect victims.
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