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

Practitioners in social work, criminal justice and health care settings are faced with a wide range of understandings of violence that have in turn influenced policy development, training priorities, professional guidelines for managing violence and common practice.

This book examines current explanatory theories of violence and how these theoretical positions influence assessment and intervention.

Using case studies and a wide variety of agency documents, it weighs up the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches and suggests a framework to help workers looking to effect positive change.