Preface | p. vii |
About the Contributors | p. xi |
Acknowledgements | p. xv |
Introduction | p. xvii |
Contextual Considerations | |
From Child Protection to Child Safety: Locating Risk Assessment in the Changing Landscape | p. 3 |
Challenging Output Based Performance Management in Child Protection | p. 15 |
Reclaiming the Language of Child Protection: Mind the Gap Family Support Versus Child Protection: Exposing the Myth | p. 25 |
Risk, Uncertainty and Thresholds | p. 40 |
Professional Judgement and the Risk Assessment Process | p. 52 |
Professional Dangerousness: Causes and Contemporary Features | p. 61 |
Dimensions of Risk: Professionals Tipping the Balance? | p. 97 |
Organisational Dangerousness: Causes, Consequences and Correctives | p. 119 |
Promoting Professional Resilience | p. 166 |
Operational Considerations | |
Strengths-based Child Assessment: Locating Possibility and Transforming the Paradigm | p. 185 |
Actuarial and Clinical Risk Assessment: Contrasts, Comparisons and Collective Usages | p. 198 |
Risk and Child Protection | p. 206 |
The Three Houses Tool: Building Safety and Positive Change | p. 224 |
Risk Assessment in Adult Sex Offenders | p. 232 |
Young People Who Sexually Abuse: Risk Refinement and Conceptual Developments | p. 240 |
Risk in Treatment: From Relapse Prevention to Wellness | p. 254 |
Cultural Considerations Within Risk Assessments | p. 266 |
Involuntary Clients and Risk Assessment: Contextual Mapping to Inform Practice Responses | p. 279 |
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