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Violence Risk - Assessment and Management: Advances Through Structured Professional Judgement and Sequential Redirections
Christopher D. Webster
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Description for Violence Risk - Assessment and Management: Advances Through Structured Professional Judgement and Sequential Redirections
Hardback. 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. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSM; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
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.
- Includes discussion of interventions based on newly developed instruments
- Covers policy standards developed since the publication of the first edition
- Interdisciplinary perspective facilitates collaboration between professionals
- Includes contributions from P.Randolf Kropp, R. Karl Hanson, Mary-Lou Martin, Alec Buchanan and John Monahan
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781119961147
SKU
V9781119961147
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Ref
99-15
About Christopher D. Webster
Christopher D. Webster is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Canada, as well as Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Simon Fraser University. A Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association and the Royal Society of Canada, his publications include the first edition of this volume (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), and Essential Writings in Risk Assessment and Management (2007), which he co-edited. Quazi Haque is Executive Medical Director for Partnerships in Care, one of the largest providers of mental health services in the UK. A Fellow of the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists and former lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry’s Home Office Teaching Unit, he collaborated with Christopher Webster in developing a structured professional judgement training programme at the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London. Stephen J. Hucker is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Canada. A specialist in forensic psychiatry, he is a former head of the forensic programs at Toronto’s Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and has lectured widely on forensic psychiatry both to scientific and professional audiences. He maintains a private practice and is frequently called as an expert witness in legal cases.
Reviews for Violence Risk - Assessment and Management: Advances Through Structured Professional Judgement and Sequential Redirections
"Violence Risk Assessment and Management is a compact book that excels in educating and enlightening the psychiatrist-in-training and the seasoned forensic psychiatrist about this important topic. I have waited nearly 40 years for this book." The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2015