Purpose – A variety of risk assessment tools has been developed over the years with the goal of improving the preventive interventions with violent criminality. Among these, Stalking Assessment and Management (SAM) has been integrated since 2015 as a risk assessment tool for stalking cases in the Danish police. This current study sets out to discover and describe police employees' experience with SAM as a risk assessment tool and discuss its challenges in a Danish police setting. 

Design – The student recruited 19 participants from six Danish police jurisdictions for a questionnaire and conducted an expert interview with a consultant from North Jutland police jurisdiction. 

Findings – The results showed a general positive attitude towards SAM as a tool, as it contributes with relevant risk factors, an increased safety level of the victims and a good foundation for handling the risks in a stalking case. Though, challenges were found in limited time to make thorough assessments and missing information when filling out the items of SAM. Additionally, part of the participants asked for further training after being certified and further training about SAM for leaders. 

Limitations – The results are based on a questionnaire with 19 participants and an expert interview. Because of this, the results are not generalizable, but should be seen as relevant indications in the fields of developing and implementing SAM as a risk assessment tool. 

Originality – With a focus on risk assessment within the Danish police and the employees experience with SAM, this current thesis addresses a gap in theexisting literature.