Jess Phillips is Right - If Domestic Abuse Screening Tools Don't Work, What Does?
The BBC recently reported on Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips' acknowledgement that the DASH (Domestic Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and Honour-Based Violence) risk assessment tool “doesn’t work” in reliably identifying high-risk cases. Since 2009, the DASH has been the most widely used screening tool across police, healthcare, social workers and victims services.