Assessing Risk: A Relational Approach offers the practitioner a novel framework for understanding the complex and subtle issues involved in assessing and managing risks related to violence and sexual offending. The authors draw on their considerable experience working with high-risk individuals in assessment and treatment. This book outlines a comprehensive model of risk which draws on mainstream empirical research, threat assessment, developmental psychopathology, attachment theory, and a relational model derived from psychoanalysis.
Key Features
- Incorporates intrapersonal and interpersonal dimensions for risk formulation.
- Highlights the significance of childhood development in understanding violent acts.
- Addresses complicated interpersonal processes in managing risky individuals.
- Enhances the skills of professionals in assessing and managing risk effectively.
Additional Information
The authors have for many years consulted to practitioners in forensic mental health services and the criminal justice system and taught renowned courses at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. The approach highlights dynamic processes between people that impact on risk and risk perception, which can distort judgement if not recognised and understood. Assessing Risk will appeal to all those mental health and criminal justice practitioners working with risky individuals.
