Domestic Violence and Mosaic Threat Assessment

by jamiebowers 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  jamiebowers

  A crime profiler was featured on Oprah last week, and he introduced a test to assess the chances of homicide due to domestic violence called the Mosaic Threat Assessment. I just completed the assessment and answered the questions based on my experience in my jw marriage that ended about 20 years ago. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE RESULTS AREN'T BASED ON MY CURRENT MARRIAGE. Anyway, after responding to 48 questions, the score is based on a scale of 1 being the lowest to 10 being the highest. I scored an 8. The only two indicators that weren't present in my abuser were alcohol/drug abuse and a fascination with weapons. I also learned that there were many signs that he was getting ready to kill me that I saw but failed to recognize them as such.

  Please, if you or anyone you know is living in an abusive relationship, have him or her take this assessment. I thought I knew everything there is to know about domestic violence, but I was wrong. Even after 20 years and being in a good marriage, there are many indicators that I missed then and had no clue of until now.

  Here is the link: https://www.mosaicmethod.com/?logout
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  peaches

  thank you.....did not do test yet,,,,but read the info....will do later....thank you again....i am not married anymore,,,but...i am real interested in the score....
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  jamiebowers

  When I was watching that Oprah show I was wondering the same thing. I knew my score would be high, but I didn't figure it to be that high. But as I said before, I saw many signs that he was getting ready to kill me that I didn't recognize as such, even 20+ years removed from the situation.
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  doublelife

  jamiebowers, you have a message on fb.
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  jamiebowers

  doublelife, read and responded to FB msg. Please check your pms here.
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  Heaven

  Thank you for the link, Jamie. For anyone in a situation of domestic violence, whether it is mild or severe, it would be good to take this assessment. If you don't want it associated with your personal email, setup a 'dummy' email account with a fictitious name like I did. It's not traceable back to me.

  I took the assessment based on my ex and our marriage (which is now over). My ex was never physically violent towards me personally. Just towards 'things' around the house. This is called 'symbolic violence' in the assessment. And he'd have outbursts of rage. His abuse was mostly emotional and psychological. He was definitely like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide. Everyone outside of the relationship interacted with Dr. Jeckyll and I lived with Mr. Hide.

  The assessment rated my situation a "5" and said "it was similar to cases that worsened and escalated". This was one of my fears. It also says that you don't make a person violent.

  I am lucky in as much as I didn't suffer physical abuse. However, emotional and psychological abuse have a toll that cannot be measured because you can't see any scars. This hidden damage runs deep and takes longer to heal, if it ever does.
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  Kahlua

  Thanks for posting this on here. I saw the show and sent the link to all my friends on email.

  One thing the doctor said that really impressed me was "When you are hit once you are a victim. When you are hit again you are a volunteer."

  Fortunately I was never hit by a man and did separate shortly after my 1st husband pushed me the first time. I had already had enough of the emotional abuse.