Violence Risk - Assessment and Management

Christopher D. Webster is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Canada, as well as Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Simon Fraser University. A Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association, the American Psychological Association and the Royal Society of Canada, his publications include the first edition of this volume (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), and Essential Writings in Risk Assessment and Management (2007), which he co-edited. Quazi Haque is Executive Medical Director for Partnerships in Care, one of the largest providers of mental health services in the UK. A Fellow of the UK Royal College of Psychiatrists and former lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry’s Home Office Teaching Unit, he collaborated with Christopher Webster in developing a structured professional judgement training programme at the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London. Stephen J. Hucker is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Canada. A specialist in forensic psychiatry, he is a former head of the forensic programs at Toronto’s Clarke Institute of Psychiatry and has lectured widely on forensic psychiatry both to scientific and professional audiences. He maintains a private practice and is frequently called as an expert witness in legal cases.

• Tribute Dr. F.a.s. Jenson viList of Figures viiList of Tables viiiList of Boxes ixAbout the Authors xForeword Alec Buchanan xiiPreface to the Second Edition xviiiAcknowledgements xxi1 Decision Points 12 Points of View 83 Predictions and Errors 154 Developmental Trajectories 265 Symptomologies 336 Personality Disorders 477 Substance Abuse 558 Factors: Risk and Protective, Single, Multiple, and Interacting 619 SPJ Guides 7210 Competitions 8811 Planning 9212 Transitions Mary-Lou Martin 9813 Sequential Redirections 10614 Implementations 11615 Teaching and Researching SPJ Guides 12316 Spousal Assaulters: Risk Assessment and Management P. Randall Kropp 13817 Sex Offenders R. Karl Hanson 14818 Teams 15919 Communications 16320 Getting it Wrong, Getting it Right (Mostly) 170Questions 187Afterword John Monahan, PhD 195References 200Index 224

"Violence Risk Assessment and Management is a compact book that excels in educating and enlightening the psychiatrist-in-training and the seasoned forensic psychiatrist about this important topic. I have waited nearly 40 years for this book." The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 2015