Press reviews for: Good Practice in Assessing Risk
PSW
Despite my quibbles about the move to assessing risk rather than needed, this book is well worth reading and digesting.
Mental Health Nursing
As a clinician, academic, and someone who works closely with high-risk offenders with complex needs, I would recommend this text for mental health nurses, and I think it provides a good discussion point for staff who want to improve risk assessment and violence prediction within their teams. The book helps the reader to identify areas that could be enhanced in their practice, risk assessment and management plans, and also their organisational policies and support mechanisms. I would certainly read this book again, keep it as useful reference material and recommend to mental health students or qualified practitioners.
Rostrum
This book is well laid out and readable, enabling the practitioner or manager to quickly assimilate salient facts and approaches which can be applied readily. As a manager and practice teacher, I see many uses for it in both day to day decision making and in helping students develop and awareness of the multifarious nature of risk, risk assessment and risk management processes. Overall, it is a very useful resource for social workers across the spectrum of practice.