Assessing Dangerousness: Violence by Sexual Offenders, Batterers and Child Abusers (Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series) [Paperback]

Jacquelyn C. Campbell (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0803937474 | ISBN-13: 978-0803937475 | Edition: 1

Research and clinical expertise are brought together in this practical volume to examine whether the following violence can be predicted

: battered women being killed by their partners; battered women killing their partners; children being physically and/or sexually abused; and sexual offenders and batterers re-offending. Following an introduction to theoretical and clinical issues involved in the prediction of violence, the contributors present research and theory in language that is accessible to clinicians. They discuss accurate measurement using tested instruments, the role of clinical observations, and health and judicial implications.

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"Dr. Jonas has been a voice in the wilderness preaching sense about both health and health services for years. He clearly identifies the problems and issues facing the system and its beneficiaries, based upon the evidence he has carefully marshaled for the reader...and he challenges the reader to make sense out of the facts, understanding the evidence within a historical and international context, and come up with judgments on needed changes and how to go about making them, starting with the facts which he so generously provides you."
--From the Foreword by Anthony R. Kovner, PhD Professor of Health Policy and Management New York University --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Anna D. Wolf Chair in Nursing at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and an internationally-known expert in the area of domestic violence. She earned her BSN at Duke University, her MSN at Wright State University, and her PhD from the University of Rochester. She has been recognized as an outstanding alumna at all three universities, has three honorary doctorates, and has received the American Society of Criminology Vollmer Award, the Institute of Medicine Senior Nurse Scholar in residence, and the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research Pathfinder Award.

Dr. Campbell's specific areas of research include risk factors and assessment for intimate partner homicide; abuse during pregnancy; marital rape; physical and mental health effects of domestic violence; dating violence; and testing interventions to prevent and address domestic violence.

She has authored or co-authored more than 150 articles and chapters, mainly about battered women and family violence. She is author, co-author, or editor of 6 books, including Nursing Care of Survivors of Family Violence (1993); To Have and To Hit: Cultural Perspectives on Wife Beating (1999); Ending Domestic Violence: Changing Public Perceptions/Halting the Epidemic (1997); and Empowering Survivors of Abuse: Health Care for Battered Women and Their Children (1998). With continuous research funding since 1984, she has been principle investigator on nine major grants from the National Institutes of Health and Justice, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Defense. She was Co-Chair of the Steering Committee for the World Health Organization Multi-Country Study of Violence Against Women and Health.

A hallmark of Dr. Campbell's career has been her collaborations with domestic violence advocacy organizations including board membership at four domestic violence shelters in Michigan, New York, and Maryland and now at the Family Violence Prevention Fund. Policy work includes the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women, the congressionally appointed Department of Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence, former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop's Workshop on Violence and Health (1986), research agendas for CDC, NIH, and ARRQ, and three major Institute of Medicine Committees.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; 1 edition (October 20, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803937474
• ISBN-13: 978-0803937475
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,525,389 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must have for the advanced domestic violence officer, March 11, 2011

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This review is from: Assessing Dangerousness: Violence by Batterers and Child Abusers, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

This book is a must for the advanced police officer who handles domestic violence cases and needs to access the risk an offender poses to their victim. I bought this book when I was working on my Masters Degree. The book was also very helpful when part of a team that created a high risk domestic violence assessment team.