Table 7.

Matrix depicting the degree of overlap between Australian FDV risk assessment and international ‘best practice’ tools.

	RAST (Tasmania)	CRAF– V(Victoria)	DVSAT (New South Wales)	SAPRAF (South Australia)	CRAF– NT(Northern Territory)	CRARMF (Western Australia)	DV-PAF – (Queensland)	Australian Capital Territory – no FDV risk assessment identified
Previous assault (domestic/non-domestic)	X	X		X	X	X	X
Previous jail term ≥30 days
Failed to adhere to previous conditional release.	X	X	X	X	X	X
Threats to harm/kill in current offence.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Unlawful restraint of victim during current offence.				X	X	X
Victim fears continued violence.						X	X
Multiple children together.
Offender is stepfather to the children.			X	X	X	X
Non-domestically violent.	X	X		X	X	X
Multiple indications of drug/alcohol abuse.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Victim assaulted when pregnant.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Barriers to victim receiving support.		X		X	X		X
Personality disorder with unstable behaviours.
Minimisation or denial of spousal assault.
Abuser unemployed.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Abuser access to firearm.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Separation from previously cohabitated relationship.	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Includes ≤20 items
AUC ≥ .7		X
Total	9	11	8	12	12	12	9	0

Note: X=Presence of the comparative feature in the relative risk assessment tool;

blank cells=absence of the feature in the relative tool;

total=combined number of features the risk assessment tool possesses; FDV = family and domestic violence; RAST = Risk Assessment Screening Tool; CRAF–V = Family Violence Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework – Victoria; DVSAT = Domestic Violence Safety Assessment Tool; SAPRAF = South Australian Police Risk Assessment Form; CRAF–NT = Common Risk Assessment Form – Northern Territory; CRARMF = Common Risk Assessment and Risk Management Framework; DV-PAF = Domestic Violence Protective Assessment Framework; AUC = area under the receiver operating characteristic curve.