I asked the social worker conducting the court ordered parenting assessment in our high conflict divorce if she would be doing a lethality/ homicide risk assessment. The reason the courts ordered this her services in the first place was because of the high safety risk my violent, brain injured ex posed to the children ( he has already assaulted them in the past and been criminally convicted).
Her response was "no, I only assess who should have custody and how much time each parent spends with the children ".
I was dumbfounded by her response. When I enquirer further , turns out nobody does a lethality/ homicide risk assessment for the court to determine how much danger a child is in. I did my own homicide risk assessment and the kids and I scored 25/30 high risk factors to be harmed by my ex.
From what research I have done domestic and child homicide is the single most predictable and preventable crime! So why don't they do this assessment?
Her response was "no, I only assess who should have custody and how much time each parent spends with the children ".
I was dumbfounded by her response. When I enquirer further , turns out nobody does a lethality/ homicide risk assessment for the court to determine how much danger a child is in. I did my own homicide risk assessment and the kids and I scored 25/30 high risk factors to be harmed by my ex.
From what research I have done domestic and child homicide is the single most predictable and preventable crime! So why don't they do this assessment?
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