What is included with this book?
List of Figures | p. ix |
Acknowledgements | p. x |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Public reactions to violence | p. 7 |
The social and political context of violence | p. 8 |
Assessing Violence | p. 19 |
Trouble with assessment | p. 19 |
Locating assessments | p. 20 |
The role of identity | p. 25 |
Actuarial risk assessments | p. 29 |
Grief and Loss: Psychodynamic Approaches | p. 42 |
Psychoanalytic explanations of violence | p. 42 |
Kleinian objects relations theory | p. 44 |
Attachment theory | p. 46 |
How attachment theory informs risk assessment | p. 51 |
Interventions | p. 54 |
'Wrong-Thinking': Cognitive Behavioural Approaches | p. 62 |
Cognitive behavioural explanations of violence | p. 62 |
Cognitive approaches | p. 69 |
Cycles of abuse | p. 73 |
Risk assessment | p. 77 |
The effectiveness of cognitive behavioural approaches | p. 78 |
Challenging Men, Supporting Women: Feminist Approaches | p. 84 |
Feminist understandings of violence | p. 84 |
How feminist ideas inform risk assessment | p. 94 |
Interventions for women and children | p. 97 |
Interventions for men | p. 99 |
Limitations of feminist approaches to domestic violence | p. 101 |
Using feminist interventions effectively | p. 104 |
'Mad and Bad': Mentally Disordered Offenders | p. 112 |
Traditional approaches | p. 113 |
Dual diagnosis | p. 121 |
New legislation | p. 124 |
Outcomes | p. 126 |
Safety Building: Solution-Focused Approaches | p. 130 |
Solution-focused theory | p. 130 |
Solution-focused explanations of violent behaviour | p. 135 |
The signs of safety approach | p. 137 |
Limitations of solution-focused approaches | p. 145 |
Using solution-focused approaches effectively | p. 147 |
Deconstructing Problems: Narrative Approaches | p. 151 |
Narrative theory | p. 152 |
Narrative techniques | p. 158 |
Does narrative therapy work? | p. 168 |
Conclusion: Towards Effective Practices with Violence | p. 173 |
Effective interventions? | p. 176 |
Bibliography | p. 179 |
Index of Authors | p. 203 |
Index of Subjects | p. 209 |
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