Working with Violence: Policies and Practices in Risk Assessment and Management

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Public reactions to violence -- The social and political context of violence -- 2 Assessing Violence -- Trouble with assessment -- Locating assessments -- The role of identity -- Actuarial risk assessments -- 3 Grief and Loss: Psychodynamic Approaches -- Psychoanalytic explanations of violence -- Kleinian objects relations theory -- Attachment theory -- How attachment theory informs risk assessment -- Interventions -- 4 'Wrong-Thinking': Cognitive Behavioural Approaches -- Cognitive behavioural explanations of violence -- Cognitive approaches -- Cycles of abuse -- Risk assessment -- The effectiveness of cognitive behavioural approaches -- 5 Challenging Men, Supporting Women: Feminist Approaches -- Feminist understandings of violence -- How feminist ideas inform risk assessment -- Interventions for women and children -- Interventions for men -- Limitations of feminist approaches to domestic violence -- Using feminist interventions effectively -- 6 'Mad and Bad': Mentally Disordered Offenders -- Traditional approaches -- Dual diagnosis -- New legislation -- Outcomes -- 7 Safety Building: Solution-Focused Approaches -- Solution-focused theory -- Solution-focused explanations of violent behaviour -- The signs of safety approach -- Limitations of solution-focused approaches -- Using solution-focused approaches effectively -- 8 Deconstructing Problems: Narrative Approaches -- Narrative theory -- Narrative techniques -- Does narrative therapy work? -- 9 Conclusion: Towards Effective Practices with Violence -- Effective interventions? -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects.

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Working with violence: policies and practices in risk assessment and management

Milner, Judith

Milner, Judith

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