🔴 What a DASH Score of 21 Means A DASH score of 21 places a case firmly in the high-risk category. In most UK police forces and safeguarding services: 14+ is considered high risk 21 is well above the threshold This level of score indicates a significant risk of serious harm or homicide, based on known evidence from domestic… Read More High DASH score

🔴 How DASH Scores Are Often Misunderstood The DASH (Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour-Based Violence) risk assessment is one of the most important tools used in domestic abuse cases — and one of the most misunderstood. 1️⃣ “The score is low, so the risk is low” ❌ False DASH is not a points-based test where a low number equals safety.… Read More DASH scores

Here is a clear, plain-English explanation of DASH reports and forensic psychologists, and how they interact in domestic abuse, coercive control, and safeguarding cases (UK-relevant, but principles apply more broadly). 🔴 DASH REPORTS (Domestic Abuse, Stalking and Honour-Based Violence) What a DASH report is A DASH risk assessment is a structured professional tool used to assess the risk of serious harm or homicide in domestic abuse cases. It… Read More DASH – reports

Here’s a plain-language summary of research by John F. Edens and colleagues that’s relevant to psychopathy assessment tools like the PCL-R (Psychopathy Checklist–Revised), how they’re used, and some scientific and legal context: 🧠 Who John F. Edens Is John F. Edens, Ph.D., is a forensic and clinical psychology researcher whose work focuses on psychopathy assessment, risk evaluation, and the use—and sometimes misuse—of tools… Read More PCL-R tests

One of the most confusing things about abusive or coercive people is this: To the outside world, they often seem completely normal.Charming. Calm. Reasonable. Even kind. And that makes survivors doubt themselves. But here’s the truth, in plain language: Being dangerous is not the same as being out of control. Many abusive people are very controlled —… Read More He Seems Normal” — Why That Doesn’t Mean He’s Safe

In Spain, forensic and clinical professionals generally use the same internationally validated tools for assessing psychopathic traits as in other countries — there isn’t a completely different “Spanish-only” equivalent to Hare’s psychopathy assessments, but there are several related instruments and adaptations used in research and practice*: 🧠 1. PCL-R (Psychopathy Checklist–Revised) This is the gold-standard instrument used in Spain for forensic evaluation… Read More PCL-R

Part 1: The Exposé 👀 Mr Abusive insists he’s a very calm man.You’ll know this because he tells you right after screaming, name-calling, or throwing a chair. His “talents” include: 🎭 Name-calling as “emotional honesty” 🥄 Throwing things — just for fun! 🦴 Breaking bones accidentally… on purpose ⚡ Threatening as “communication” 🕵️ Blackmail as conflict resolution… Read More 💥 Meet Mr Abusive: A Darkly Funny, Trauma-Aware Exposé 💥

At first, we laughed.Because sometimes humour is the only life raft when you’re swimming in chaos. We laughed at the tantrums, the overreactions, the dramatic door slams.We laughed at the excuses: “I just get passionate” “You know how I am” “Everyone loses it sometimes” We laughed because calling it absurd felt safer than calling it dangerous. But here’s… Read More Why We’re Not Laughing Anymore

Mr Abusive insists he’s a very calm man.You’ll know this because he tells you right after screaming, name-calling, and throwing a chair across the room. According to Mr Abusive, his greatest talents include: Name-calling as emotional literacy(“I’m just being honest.” Translation: I lack regulation and empathy.) Throwing objects, not tantrumsPlates, phones, walls — all victims of… Read More Meet Mr “I’m Not Abusive, You Just Made Me Angry”

Anger activates the brain’s threat system. In healthy people, the prefrontal cortex stays online — allowing self-control, empathy, and repair. In unsafe people, anger shuts that system down. Watch closely: Quiet anger → withdrawal, stonewalling, silent punishment Loud anger → shouting, intimidation, loss of impulse control Insulting anger → verbal aggression, contempt, erosion of self-worth Abusive anger → dominance behaviors driven… Read More Before you move in with someone, wait to see how they react when they’re angry.