A comprehensive guide to the theory, research and practice of violence risk management
The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Violence Risk Management: Theory, Research and Practice offers a comprehensive guide to the theory, research and practice of violence risk management. With contributions from a panel of noted international experts, the book explores the most recent advances to the theoretical understanding, assessment and management of violent behavior. Designed to be an accessible resource, the highly readable chapters address common issues associated with violent behavior such as alcohol misuse and the less common issues for example offenders with intellectual disabilities.
Written for both those new to the field and professionals with years of experience, the book offers a wide-ranging review of who commit acts of violence, their prevalence in society and the most recent explanations for their behavior. The contributors explore various assessment approaches and highlight specialized risk assessment instruments. The Handbook provides the latest evidence on effective treatment and risk management and includes a number of well-established and effective treatment interventions for violent offenders. This important book:
- Contains an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the topic
- Includes contributions from an international panel of experts
- Offers information on violence risk formulation
- Reveals the most recent techniques in violence risk assessment
- Explains what works in violence intervention
- Reviews specialty clinical assessments
Written for clinicians and other professionals in the field of violence prevention and assessment, The Wiley Handbook of What Works in Violence Risk Management is unique in its approach because it offers a comprehensive review of the topic rather than like other books on the market that take a narrower view.
Table of Contents
About the Editors xi
About the Contributors xiii
Foreword xxvii
Acknowledgements xxix
Part I Introduction 1
1 An Overview of Violent Behaviour from Aggression to Homicide: Theory, Research, and Practice 3
J. Stephen Wormith, Leam A. Craig, and Todd E. Hogue
2 What Do We Know About Violent Offending Behaviour? 33
Daryl G. Kroner and Gunnar C. Butler
3 What Works with Violent Offenders: A Response to ‘Nothing Works’ 53
James McGuire
Part II What Works in Violence Risk Assessment 79
4 From Predicting Dangerousness to Assessing and Managing Risk for Violence: A Journey Across Four Generations 81
James R.P. Ogloff and Michael R. Davis
5 Violence Risk Formation: The Move Towards Collaboratively Produced, Strengths‐Based Safety Planning 99
Lawrence Jones
6 Predicting Violent Reoffending with the VRAG‐R: Overview, Controversies, and Future Directions for Actuarial Risk Scales 119
L. Maaike Helmus and Vernon L. Quinsey
7 Structured Professional Judgement in Violence Risk Assessment 145
Catherine Garrington and Douglas P. Boer
8 Intimate Partner Violence Risk Assessment and Management: An RNR Approach to Threat Assessment 163
N. Zoe Hilton and Liam Ennis
9 Sexual Violence Risk Assessment 183
Martin Rettenberger and Leam A. Craig
10 Personality‐Based Violence Risk Assessment 203
Mark E. Olver
11 Assessing Risk for Violent, General, and Sexual Offending in Adolescents: Recent Advances and Future Directions 223
Jodi L. Viljoen, Melissa R. Jonnson, and Stephane M. Shepherd
Part III What Works in Specialty Clinical Assessments 251
12 The Importance of Understanding Anger in the Clinical Assessment of Violence 253
Andrew Day and Ephrem Fernandez
13 Gang Violence Prevention Efforts: A Public Health Approach 265
Dawn McDaniel and Caitlin Sayegh
14 Terrorism and Ideological Violence 279
Wagdy Loza
15 Assessing the Risk and Treatment Needs of People Who Perpetrate Intimate Partner Violence 297
Louise Dixon and Nicola Graham‐Kevan
16 Aggression from a Psychobiological Perspective: Implications for Enhanced Violent Risk Assessment and Interventions 315
David Nussbaum
17 Assessment of Risk of Violent Offending for Adults with Intellectual Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder 349
Martyn Matthews and Elliot Bell
Part IV What Works in Violence Intervention 367
18 Risk‐Reducing Treatment in High‐Risk Psychopathic and Violent Offenders 369
Devon L.L. Polaschek and Stephen C.P. Wong
19 Anger Treatment with Violent Offenders 385
Raymond W. Novaco
20 Managing Violent Offenders with a Personality Disorder 399
Caroline Logan
21 Antisocial and Aggressive Behaviour Amongst Persons with Schizophrenia: Evidence and Propositions for Prevention 419
Sheilagh Hodgins
22 Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrator Programmes: Ideology or Evidence‐Based Practice? 437
Nicola Graham‐Kevan and Elizabeth A. Bates
23 Interventions for Violent Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 451
John L. Taylor
Part V What Works in Violence Risk Management 465
24 Sexual Violence Risk Management 467
Gina Ambroziak and David Thornton
25 Effective Systems and Processes for Managing Violent Offenders in the United Kingdom and the European Union 485
Hazel Kemshall and Sarah Hilder
26 Beyond Core Correctional Practice: Facilitating Prosocial Change through the Strategic Training Initiative in Community Supervision 505
Guy Bourgon, Nick Chadwick, and Tanya Rugge
27 What Works in Risk Assessment in Stalking Cases 527
David V. James and Lorraine P. Sheridan
28 Managing Violent Offenders in the Community: Reentry and Beyond 543
Ralph C. Serin, Christopher T. Lowenkamp , and Caleb D. Lloyd
Index 559
