Assessing dangerousness : violence by batterers and child abusers / Jacquelyn C. Campbell, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Campbell, Jacquelyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Forecasting.

Violence.

Family violence--Forecasting.

Family violence.

Sex crimes--Forecasting.

Sex crimes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Pub., c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a new edition of the classic book on risk assessment with violent individuals, including coverage across domains of violence. The editor is one of the top names in the world of violence and she and other chapter authors have been personally responsible for much of the development in the field of risk assessment in such diverse fields as psychology, forensics (medicine, law, and psychology), social work, and nursing. User-friendly tables and figures outline issues and solutions. This edition will also provide an important revision of Campbell's ground-breaking intimate partner homicide

Contents:

Cover; TOC Contents; About the Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Prediction of Interpersonal Violence: An Introduction; CHAPTER 2: Prediction Issues for Practicioners; CHAPTER 3: Child Physical Abuse Assessment: Perpetrator; CHAPTER 4: Evaluating Risk Factors for Fatal Child abuse; CHAPTER 5: Prediction of Homocide of and by Battered Women; CHAPTER 6: Assessing Risk of Intimate Partner Violence; CHAPTER 7: Risk Factors for Femicide-Suicide i Abusive Relationships: From a Multisite Case Control Study; Author Index; IDX Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-86691-8

9786610866915

0-8261-1683-3

OCLC:

476087565