Contemporary risk assessment in safeguarding children

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PrefaceIntroductionContextual considerationsFrom child protection to child safety: locating risk assessment in the changing landscape Roger Smith, University of LeicesterChallenging output based performance management in child protection John Devaney, Queens University BelfastReclaiming the language of child protection: mind the gap: family support versus child protection: exposing the myth Liz Davies, London Metropolitan UniversityRisk, uncertainty and thresholds Chris Beckett, Anglia Ruskin UniversityProfessional judgement and the risk assessment process Anne Hollows Sheffield Hallam UniversityProfessional dangerousness: causes and contemporary features Martin C. Calder, Calder Training and ConsultancyDimensions of risk: professionals tipping the balance? Phillip Heasman, Derbyshire County CouncilOrganisational dangerousness: causes, consequences and correctives Martin C. Calder, Calder Training and ConsultancyPromoting professional resilience Jo Clarke, HM Prison ServiceOperational considerationsStrengths-based risk assessments: locating possibility and transforming the paradigm Clay T. Graybeal and Shelley Cohen Konrad, University of New EnglandActuarial and clinical risk assessment: contrasts, comparisons and collective usages Hazel Kemshall, De Montfort UniversityRisk and child protection Martin C. Calder, Calder Training and ConsultancyThe three houses tool: building safety and positive change Nicki Weld, CYFS New ZealandRisk assessment in adult sex offenders Roger Kennington, Sexual Behaviour Unit, Newcastle-upon-TyneYoung people who sexually abuse: risk refinement and conceptual developments Martin C. Calder, Calder Training and ConsultancyRisk in treatment: from relapse prevention to wellness Robert E. Longo, Universal Health Services, North CarolinaCultural considerations within risk assessment Jo Thakker, University of Waikato, James Vess, Victoria University of Wellington, and Tony Ward, Victoria University of WellingtonInvoluntary clients and risk assessment: contextual mapping to inform practice responses Martin C. Calder, Calder Training and Consultancy