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Springer Handbook Of Violence Risk Assessment And Treatment 2009 Edition by Joel T. Andrade
Violence Risk Assessment for Forensic Mental Health Professionals provides the forensic social worker, and other forensic clinicians, with the knowledge and tools needed to conduct violence risk assessments, and understand the best treatment approaches currently available for specific violent populations. Features of this title include: state-of-the-art research on assessment and treatment that can readily be implemented into the practitioner's actual cases; risk assessment guides for special populations (substance abusers, sex offenders, psychopaths, and more); and, chapters also cover ethical dilemmas, intimate partner violence, options for mentally disordered offenders, and school violence.