Publisher's Synopsis
Violence remains a prevalent, growing factor in our modern society. Its impact is ever-widening and more complex. As such, this new work is a logical companion to "Violent Behaviour: Volume One: Assessment and Intervention". A team of experts in the field present a range of fresh topics in the matter of intervention and treatment of violence. The contributors focus on the diagnosis, prediction and therapeutic strategies involved in the clinical intervention of violence. Their practical discussions cover the spectrum of violence in our social structure as well as illuminating appropriate methods of containing violence in varying situations. The authors deal with contrasting settings in which violence occurs frequently: the emergency room, the physician's office, the psychiatric hospital, the jail/prison and the domestic household. Beneficial intervention strategies are provided for coping with such outbursts.;Among the subjects discussed in this work are: child abuse, family intervention with violent youth; violent behaviour in women; clinical features and treatment perspectives; the role of the police in domestic disturbances; psychiatric issues in multiple murders: a contemporary analysis; detective magazines: pornography for sexual sadists - a training manual for criminals; the dynamics of sexual assault; violent crime; special treatment issues; treatment of the violent patient in the emergency department setting; medical assessment and treatment of violent behaviour; the in-patient management of aggressive psychiatric patients; and violence in prison.
