The decision to release someone from psychiatric hospital, forensic services or prison is often controversial, and forensic psychologists play a key role in assessing the risk of recidivism. In Violence Risk, Chris Webster and Steve Hucker discuss the accuracy of prediction and highlight how violence assessments would improve if well-established findings became entrenched in clinical and research practice. Although the authors write the majority of the text, specialist colleagues add essential material on subjects such as averting spousal assault, sex offending, and improving community support.

Violence Risk: Assessment and Management

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Webster, Christopher D.

Hucker, Stephen J.

Psychology & Counseling

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

The decision to release someone from psychiatric hospital, forensic services or prison is often controversial, and forensic psychologists play a key role in assessing the risk of recidivism. In Violence Risk, Chris Webster and Steve Hucker discuss the accuracy of prediction and highlight how violence assessments would improve if well-established findings became entrenched in clinical and research practice. Although the authors write the majority of the text, specialist colleagues add essential material on subjects such as averting spousal assault, sex offending, and improving community support.

Violence Risk

John Wiley&Sons

The Violence Prediction Scheme

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Univ of Toronto Centre of

Selected Readings in Abnormal Psychology

Segal, Zindel V.

SEGAL

Canadian Scholars Pr

Violence Risk - Assessment and Management: Advances Through Structured Professional Judgement and Sequential Redirections

This expanded and updated new edition reflects the growing importance of the structured professional judgement approach to violence risk assessment and management. It offers comprehensive guidance on decision-making in cases where future violence is a potential issue. <ul>
<li>Includes discussion of interventions based on newly developed instruments</li> <li>Covers policy standards developed since the publication of the first edition</li> <li>Interdisciplinary perspective facilitates collaboration between professionals</li> <li>Includes contributions from P.Randolf Kropp, R. Karl Hanson, Mary-Lou Martin, Alec Buchanan and John Monahan</li> </ul>

Haque, Quazi

Wiley/Blackwell

Assessing risk of future violence is an issue of perennial public concern. The field of violence risk management was born in a 1977 article by psychologist Peter Duncan Scott, who combined science with experience to lay the foundation for accurate clinical judgement as to an individual's likelihood of future violence. Scott pointed to certain variables that were likely to predict future violence and others that, contrary to popular belief, were not. More than forty years on the field has blossomed, with a host of books, papers, instruments and specialist tools designed to aid clinicians in assessing children, sex offenders, prisoners, terrorists and more. Yet while academics may applaud this rapid accumulation of scholarship, real-world uptake of new ideas and information has often been less than ideal. Structured Professional Judgment of Violence Risk cuts through this complexity, offering a short, readable 'primer' that will give students, trainees and those working in the field a clear overview of the key principles and practices of contemporary violence risk assessment and management. * Offers a new best entry point for the field of violence risk assessment and management, and the perfect short primer for courses and workshops* Presents a short overview of contemporary theory and best practice, allowing novices to quickly get up to speed without losing their way in scholarly detail* Covers critical topics including decision making bias, structured professional judgement, risk mechanisms, measurement, ethics, and the impact of trauma* World-renowned contributors include Kevin Douglas, Stephen Hart, Douglas Boer, Caroline Logan, Randy Kropp, Sheila Hodgins and David Farrington

Risk Rules: A Practical Guide to Structured Professional Judgment and Violence Prevention

Eaves, Derek

Eaves-Thalken, Joanne

Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd

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