Working With Violence
Policies and Practices in Risk Assessment and Management
Published on 4. May 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4039-4307-1 (ISBN)
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.
More details
Edition
2007
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-4307-1 (9781403943071)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-11093-0
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Judith Milner | Steve Myers
Working With Violence
Policies and Practices in Risk Assessment and Management
E-Book
05/2007
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€133.99
Available for download
Persons
STEVE MYERS is Director of the Salford Centre for Social Work Research. He has practised as a social worker in youth justice and child protection, and has been involved in research into violence. He is active in exploring the use of solution-focused and narrative approaches in social work contexts.
JUDITH MILNER is a freelance solutions practitioner, trainer, consultant and writer. Previously a lecturer in social work, she now acts as an independent expert, therapist and consultant in child protection, domestic violence and sex offender cases, including anger management programmes, adults and children who have experienced violence, and juvenile sex offenders.
JUDITH MILNER is a freelance solutions practitioner, trainer, consultant and writer. Previously a lecturer in social work, she now acts as an independent expert, therapist and consultant in child protection, domestic violence and sex offender cases, including anger management programmes, adults and children who have experienced violence, and juvenile sex offenders.
Content
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.