Working with violence : policies and practices in risk assessment and management
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Bibliographic Information
Working with violence : policies and practices in risk assessment and management
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
- : pbk
Available at 8 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-201) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Assessing and managing violence places a heavy burden on practitioners in social work, criminal justice and health care settings. Milner and Myers examine current explanatory theories of violence and how these influence assessment and intervention. Using case studies and a variety of agency documents, the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches are weighed up and a framework is presented to help workers looking to effect positive change.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Assessing Violence.- Grief and Loss: Psychodynamic Approaches.- Wrong-thinking: Cognitive Behavioural Approaches.- Challenging Men Supporting Women: Feminist Approaches.- 'Mad and Bad': Mentally Disordered Offenders.- Constructing Solutions: Solution Focused Approaches.- Deconstructing Problems: Narrative Approaches.- Conclusion: Towards Effective Practices with Violence.- References.
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