ATAP CTM EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔How many factors are there in victim vulnerability factors? - ✔✔10 factors.
✔✔Stalking - ✔✔Unwanted and repeated communication, contact or other conduct that
deliberately or recklessly causes people ro experience reasonable fear or concern for
thier safety or the safety of others known to them. (Kropp, et al; 2002,2008)
✔✔Stalking Risk Profile (SRP) - ✔✔_MacKenzie, et al, 2009
-Developed to assist professionals in clinical settings to assess and manage risk for
stalking behavior.
✔✔Intimate Partner Femicide - ✔✔The killing of a woman by their current or former
intimate partner.
✔✔What is threat assessment? - ✔✔Process of evaluating potential harm or danger.
✔✔What is IPV? - ✔✔Intimate Partner Violence - violence between partners in a
relationship.
✔✔What is stalking? - ✔✔Persistent unwanted attention or harassment towards an
individual.
✔✔What is femicide? - ✔✔Intentional killing of women based on their gender.
✔✔What are the difficulties in threat assessment? - ✔✔Defining threat, victim's role, risk
factors, and management strategies.
✔✔What is stalking? - ✔✔Pattern of behavior with multiple acts, ranging from innocuous
to harmful.
, ✔✔What are the challenges with stalking? - ✔✔Recognizing it and applying evidence-
based approach, diversity of behavior and individuals.
✔✔Persistence - ✔✔The risk of continued stalking and causing harm.
✔✔Risk of physical or sexual violence - ✔✔The likelihood of violence towards the victim
or secondary targets.
✔✔Recurrence - ✔✔The risk of future stalking by someone who has previously
engaged in stalking.
✔✔Future targeting - ✔✔The likelihood of stalking the same victim or a different person.
✔✔What is the relationship between age and persistence in stalking? - ✔✔Older
stalkers (over 30) are more persistent.
✔✔Which type of stalkers are typically the least persistent? - ✔✔Stranger stalkers.
✔✔What behavior is associated with increased duration of stalking episodes? -
✔✔Sending unwanted gifts and/or written (not electronic) material.
✔✔What is physical violence in stalking cases? - ✔✔Acts of physical harm or
aggression in stalking incidents.
✔✔What are the rates of physical violence in stalking cases? - ✔✔Rates range from 20-
50%, depending on the source and composition.
✔✔Symptoms of psychosis have been strongly related to increased duration of stalking
- ✔✔with delusional beliefs incorporating the victim seeming to be a key risk factor.
✔✔What is the best course of action for stalking cases? - ✔✔Use an evidence-based
instrument to guide opinion.
✔✔What should threat and risk assessors do in stalking cases? - ✔✔Use additional
knowledge from research literature to make nuanced judgments or justify departures
from risk factors.
✔✔SASH - ✔✔Does not offer a comprehensive risk assessment. It is a brief tool
designed to help frontline professionals prioritize stalking cases for further investigation
and management response according to the level of concern they provoke.
✔✔Stalking Risk Profile (SRP) - ✔✔Requires the assessor to make separate risk
judgments about the likelihood of a stalking episode continuing and causing harm; the
risk of physical violence and the risk that the person who has stalked will do it again.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔How many factors are there in victim vulnerability factors? - ✔✔10 factors.
✔✔Stalking - ✔✔Unwanted and repeated communication, contact or other conduct that
deliberately or recklessly causes people ro experience reasonable fear or concern for
thier safety or the safety of others known to them. (Kropp, et al; 2002,2008)
✔✔Stalking Risk Profile (SRP) - ✔✔_MacKenzie, et al, 2009
-Developed to assist professionals in clinical settings to assess and manage risk for
stalking behavior.
✔✔Intimate Partner Femicide - ✔✔The killing of a woman by their current or former
intimate partner.
✔✔What is threat assessment? - ✔✔Process of evaluating potential harm or danger.
✔✔What is IPV? - ✔✔Intimate Partner Violence - violence between partners in a
relationship.
✔✔What is stalking? - ✔✔Persistent unwanted attention or harassment towards an
individual.
✔✔What is femicide? - ✔✔Intentional killing of women based on their gender.
✔✔What are the difficulties in threat assessment? - ✔✔Defining threat, victim's role, risk
factors, and management strategies.
✔✔What is stalking? - ✔✔Pattern of behavior with multiple acts, ranging from innocuous
to harmful.
, ✔✔What are the challenges with stalking? - ✔✔Recognizing it and applying evidence-
based approach, diversity of behavior and individuals.
✔✔Persistence - ✔✔The risk of continued stalking and causing harm.
✔✔Risk of physical or sexual violence - ✔✔The likelihood of violence towards the victim
or secondary targets.
✔✔Recurrence - ✔✔The risk of future stalking by someone who has previously
engaged in stalking.
✔✔Future targeting - ✔✔The likelihood of stalking the same victim or a different person.
✔✔What is the relationship between age and persistence in stalking? - ✔✔Older
stalkers (over 30) are more persistent.
✔✔Which type of stalkers are typically the least persistent? - ✔✔Stranger stalkers.
✔✔What behavior is associated with increased duration of stalking episodes? -
✔✔Sending unwanted gifts and/or written (not electronic) material.
✔✔What is physical violence in stalking cases? - ✔✔Acts of physical harm or
aggression in stalking incidents.
✔✔What are the rates of physical violence in stalking cases? - ✔✔Rates range from 20-
50%, depending on the source and composition.
✔✔Symptoms of psychosis have been strongly related to increased duration of stalking
- ✔✔with delusional beliefs incorporating the victim seeming to be a key risk factor.
✔✔What is the best course of action for stalking cases? - ✔✔Use an evidence-based
instrument to guide opinion.
✔✔What should threat and risk assessors do in stalking cases? - ✔✔Use additional
knowledge from research literature to make nuanced judgments or justify departures
from risk factors.
✔✔SASH - ✔✔Does not offer a comprehensive risk assessment. It is a brief tool
designed to help frontline professionals prioritize stalking cases for further investigation
and management response according to the level of concern they provoke.
✔✔Stalking Risk Profile (SRP) - ✔✔Requires the assessor to make separate risk
judgments about the likelihood of a stalking episode continuing and causing harm; the
risk of physical violence and the risk that the person who has stalked will do it again.
