Designed to be relevant for a variety of practice settings, this text provides a comprehensive guide to the techniques and skills required for good practice in assessing and managing violence. (more)
Drawing on the experiences of practitioners from a range of backgrounds, this text is a comprehensive study of real or threatened physical violence and its consequences. Personal accounts of children... (more)
This volume contains examples of risk assessment methods and procedures, addressing the key issues of risk measurement, predictability and management, and the tension between the management of risks... (more)
This collection of essays on risk assessment explores the arguments and means of assessment in an accessible manner, and with a practice-based emphasis. The contributors consider subjects as varied... (more)
Based on key research into assessment, treatment and recidivism, this book offers practical guidance on improving intervention techniques with sex offenders. The contributors explore such topics as... (more)
Maintaining a balance between managing and assessing risk and upholding the required high standards of practice in health and social care can be demanding, particularly in the current climate of... (more)