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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778148403321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Springer Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-280-86691-8

9786610866915

0-8261-1683-3

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CampbellJacquelyn

Disciplina

616.85/8200112

Soggetti

Violence - Forecasting

Family violence - Forecasting

Sex crimes - Forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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