Working with Violence: Policies and Practices in Risk Assessment and Management

Practitioners are faced with a wide range of theories of violence that influence policy development, training and professional responses to managing violence. This book examines current explanatory theories of violence, how these theoretical positions influence assessment and intervention; and the stengths and weaknesses of these approaches.

Practitioners are faced with a wide range of theories of violence that influence policy development, training and professional responses to managing violence. This book examines current explanatory theories of violence, how these theoretical positions influence assessment and intervention; and the stengths and weaknesses of these approaches.

Steve Myers is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Salford University. Judith Milner works as a freelance therapist and trainer, mainly with the Northorpe Hall Trust/Kirklees Domestic Violence Forum project.