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1 Anger Disorders Scale (ADS )Clarke Sex History Questionnaire (SHQ R )Controlling Anger and Learning How to Manage It (CALM )Controlling Anger and Learning How to Manage It EffectiveRelapse-Prevention Program (CALMER )Hare Psychopathy Scan (P SCAN )Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL R 2ndEd.)Second EditionHare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV )Jesness Inventory Revised (JI R )Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI )Level of Service Inventory Revised: Screening Version(LSI R:SV )Level of Service Inventory Revised (LSI R ) Version 5 for Windows P.

2 R. Kropp, Ph .D., S. D. Hart, Ph .D., Webster, Ph .D., & D. Eaves, -completed , 20 itemsB-Level User QualificationPaper-and -pencil (handscored) 1999 by MHS for the sara For pricing and ordering information: the the :0845 601 7603 International:+ or + site licensing and software delivery applications: copies of this document and sample reports of available soft-ware versions may be obtained from our 10 07 Printed in CanadaAssessment of the likelihood of domestic violence60-90 minute administration timeMales 18 and olderSARA Spousal Assault Risk Assessment GuideAimThe Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide ( sara ) can help deter-mine the degree to which an individual poses a domestic vio-lence threat to his/her spouse, children, another family member,or another person involved.

3 The tool is a quality-control checklistthat both determines the extent to which the assessor has con-sidered the risk factors of crucial predictive importance, andyields T-scores and percentiles that are used to classify individualsinto High or Moderate/low risk categories. The sara is accessible and therefore useful to the full range ofindividuals engaged in or affected by spousal assault. The SARAwas developed as an assessment guide/checklist that ensuresthat pertinent information is considered and weighed by asses-sors. The instrument is systematic and comprehensive yet not ofinordinate length or QualificationsWhen the sara is used to evaluate and make decisions about anindividual, users are responsible for ensuring that their evaluationprocedure conforms to the relevant laws, regulations, and poli-cies that apply to conducting psychological assessment.

4 TheSARA users must meet MHS b-level qualification. Purchasers of b-level tests must have completed graduate-level courses in testsand measurement or have received equivalent the sara is not a controlled psychological test and isintended for use in many different contexts, there is no single setof qualifications for users. When the sara is not used to evaluateor to make decisions about an individual ( , for the purposes ofeducation, consultation, or evaluative research), fewer user qual-ifications are required. Contact MHS Client Services at ( ) for further information regarding the Qualificationlevel for the sara .

5 NormingNorms were established using two groups of adult male offenders(N = 2,309). The first group (probationers), comprised 1,671 menfrom three subsamples. The second group (inmates), comprised638 men serving aggregate custodial sentences of 2 years orlonger for various offenses, most often robbery. Further descrip-tion of the normative sample is presented in the sara User sara is an interview-based, paper-and-pencil assessment. The assessment is based on: interviews with the accused and the victim(s) standardized measures of physical and emotional abuse standardized measures of drug and alcohol abuse review of collateral records, including police reports, victimstatements, and criminal records other psychological assessments as required or as available Recommendations regarding each of these components arepresented in the sara User s ValidationThe structural reliability of the sara was evaluated according toClassical Test Theory indexes, including corrected item-total corre-lations for individual items.

6 And internal consistency and item homo-geneity correlations for composite scores. Interrater data werebased solely on an interview, a review of case-history information,and Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV) separate studies were conducted to examine the criterionvalidity of sara ratings. In the first study, using a known-groups strat-egy, sara ratings of Inmates with a known history of spousal assaultwere compared to those of inmates at the same institutions whohad no known history of spousal assault. Results showed that therewere significant differences between inmates with and without ahistory of spousal assault on all 20 sara items.

7 In the second study, the concurrent validity of the sara ratings wasanalyzed against rating/scores on the PCL:SV, the GeneralStatistical Information on Recidivism Scale (GSIR), and the ViolenceRisk Appraisal Guide (VRAG). Results showed that the PCL:SV hadmoderate to high correlations with all sara items. The GSIR andVRAG had a more complex pattern of results, but which support theconvergent and discriminant validity of the third study examined the ability of the sara to discriminatebetween men who did or did not recidivate following referrals to agroup treatment program for spousal assaulters.

8 Results demon-strated that recidivistic and non-recidivistic spousal assaulters didnot differ with respect to demographic characteristics or assaulthistory. For more information on these studies, please consult the SARAUser s Manual. TranslationsUsing our worldwide network of over 400 qualified translators withbackgrounds in psychology and medicine, MHS provides accu-rate translations of assessments published by MHS as well as byother publishers. Please contact the MHS Translations Departmentat for information about available transla-tions or for an application to LiteratureKropp, P.

9 R., & Hart, S. D. (2000).The Spousal Assault RiskAssessment ( sara ) Guide: Reliability and validity in adult maleoffenders. Law and Human Behavior,24(1), 101 , M., & Wedin, I. (2002).Risk factors for recidivism amongspousal assault and spousal homicide offenders. Psychology,Crime and Law,8(1), 5 , D. G., & Kropp, P. R. (2000).A review of domestic violencerisk instruments. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse,1(2), 171 : American Educational Research Association, AmericanPsychological Association, & National Council on Measurementin Education.

10 (1999). Standards for educational and psychologi-cal testing. Washington, DC: American Educational ResearchAssociation. Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide ( sara )P. Randall Kropp, Ph .D., Stephen D. Hart, Ph .D., Christopher D. Webster, Ph .D., & Derek Eaves, Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide ( sara ) can help deter-mine the degree to which an individual poses a domestic vio-lence threat to his/her spouse, children, another family member,or another person involved. The tool is a quality-control checklistthat both determines the extent to which the assessor has con-sidered the risk factors of crucial predictive importance, andyields T-scores and percentiles that are used to classify individualsinto High or Moderate/low risk categories.