Assessments in Forensic Practice

Assessments in Forensic Practice: A Handbook provides practical guidance in the assessment of the most frequently encountered offender subgroups found within the criminal justice system. Topics include: criminal justice assessments offenders with mental disorders family violence policy and practice

Assessments in Forensic Practice: A Handbook providespractical guidance in the assessment of the most frequentlyencountered offender subgroups found within the criminal justicesystem. Topics include:* criminal justice assessments* offenders with mental disorders* family violence* policy and practice

About the Editors viiContributors ix1. Introduction 1Kevin D. Browne, Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig and Shihning ChouPart One Criminal Justice Assessments 52. Case Formulation and Risk Assessment 7Peter Sturmey and William R. Lindsay3. Assessment of Violence and Homicide 28Kerry Sheldon and Kevin Howells4. Sexual Offenders 52Franca Cortoni, Anthony R. Beech and Leam A. Craig5. The Assessment of Firesetters 76Lynsey F. Gozna6. Forensic Psychological Risk Assessment for the Parole Board 103Louise Bowers and Caroline Friendship7. Behavioral Assessment in Investigative Psychology 122Eleanor M. Gittens and Kate WhitfieldPart Two Offenders with Mental Disorders 1378. Assessing Risk of Violence in Offenders with Mental Disorders 139James McGuire9. Assessing Mental Capacity and Fitness to Plead in Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: Implications for Practice 172Leam A. Craig, Ian Stringer and Roger B. Hutchinson10. Offenders with 'Personality Disorder' Diagnoses 198Lawrence Jones and Phil Willmot11. Offenders and Substance Abuse 217Simon DuffPart Three Family Violence 23312. Community Approaches to the Assessment and Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment 235Kevin D. Browne, Shihning Chou and Vicki Jackson-Hollis13. Psychological Assessment of Parenting in Family Proceedings 265Karen Bailey, Eugene Ostapiuk and Taljinder Basra14. Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence 295Louise DixonPart Four Policy and Practice 31715. Assessment of Hostage Situations and Their Perpetrators: In the Context of Domestic Violence 319Carol A. Ireland16. Assessing the Sexually Abused Child as a Witness 333Kevin D. Browne17. Working with Young Offenders 354Clive R. Hollin and Ruth M. Hatcher18. The Ethics of Risk Assessment 370James Vess, Tony Ward and Pamela M. YatesIndex 387