Working with violence : policies and practices in risk assessment and management / created by Judith Milner and Steve Myers.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

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.

Assessing and managing violence places a heavy burden on practitioners in social work, criminal justice and health care settings. 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.