Good Practice in Working with Violence

Managing violence in residential settings, Angela Staton; piloting new methods of detecting danger to children from their carers, Renuka Jeyarajah Dent, Ann Hagell; violent women - building knowledge-based intervention strategies, Judith Rumgay; masculinity - a risky business, Karen Buckley; training on violence and aggression, Ron Wiener; linking-thoughts to actions - using the integrated abuse cycle in assessing sexually aggressive children, Colin Hawkes; violence and young black women, Umme Farvah Imam; working with violent offenders -residents, Colin Dale; violent offenders, Hazel Kemshall; public protection, dangerous offenders and the role of senior managers, Gill Mackenzie; sentencing violent offenders, Judge David Bentley; young offenders who commit grave crimes - the criminal justice response, Gwyneth Boswell; working with men who are violent to partners -striving for good practice, David Morran, Monica Wilson.

The book covers both adults and children, both genders and different cultures, which gives the reader a very wide area to learn form. It should attract a vast readership amongst all health care professionals providing both primary and secondary care. In this very complex topic, the authors outlined interesting case histories. Some of the facts were alarming, which highlighted that as an A&E nurse, my knowledge of this area was very limited... It supplied an in-depth information with sound research and literature searches with a list of eminent contributors. The lists of further reading and references at the end of each chapter are useful methods to assist students interested in further researching this topic.