About the Editors vii Contributors ix 1. Introduction 1; Kevin D. Browne, Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig and Shihning Chou Part One Criminal Justice Assessments 5 2. Case Formulation and Risk Assessment 7; Peter Sturmey and William R. Lindsay 3. Assessment of Violence and Homicide 28; Kerry Sheldon and Kevin Howells 4. Sexual Offenders 52; Franca Cortoni, Anthony R. Beech and Leam A. Craig 5. The Assessment of Firesetters 76; Lynsey F. Gozna 6. Forensic Psychological Risk Assessment for the Parole Board 103; Louise Bowers and Caroline Friendship 7. Behavioral Assessment in Investigative Psychology 122; Eleanor M. Gittens and Kate Whitfield Part Two Offenders with Mental Disorders 137 8. Assessing Risk of Violence in Offenders with Mental Disorders 139; James McGuire 9.

Assessing Mental Capacity and Fitness to Plead in Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: Implications for Practice 172; Leam A. Craig, Ian Stringer and Roger B. Hutchinson 10. Offenders with 'Personality Disorder' Diagnoses 198; Lawrence Jones and Phil Willmot 11. Offenders and Substance Abuse 217; Simon Duff Part Three Family Violence 233 12. Community Approaches to the Assessment and Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment 235; Kevin D. Browne, Shihning Chou and Vicki Jackson-Hollis 13. Psychological Assessment of Parenting in Family Proceedings 265; Karen Bailey, Eugene Ostapiuk and Taljinder Basra 14. Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence 295; Louise Dixon Part Four Policy and Practice 317 15.

Assessment of Hostage Situations and Their Perpetrators: In the Context of Domestic Violence 319; Carol A. Ireland 16. Assessing the Sexually Abused Child as a Witness 333; Kevin D. Browne 17. Working with Young Offenders 354; Clive R. Hollin and Ruth M. Hatcher 18. The Ethics of Risk Assessment 370; James Vess, Tony Ward and Pamela M. Yates Index 387.