Harm to Others: The Assessment and Treatment of Dangerousness

by Brain Van Brunt

"Harm to Others offers students and clinicians an effective way to increase their knowledge of and training in violence risk and threat assessment, while providing a comprehensive examination of current treatment approaches. In an easy-to-understand, jargon-free manner, Dr. Van Brunt shares his observations, extensive clinical expertise, and the latest research on what clinicians should be aware of when performing risk and threat assessments.

Features
Numerous examples from recent mass shootings and rampage violence to help explain the motivations and risk factors of those who make threats
Two unique, detailed case transcripts to demonstrate how to conduct a threat assessment
Treatment options, using a variety of diverse case studies to illustrate concrete approaches for work with clients who have been identified as at risk for violence following a threat assessment
Practical advice for clinicians facing these issues in practice
Chapter highlights at the beginning of each chapter
Questions for discussion at the end of each chapter"

272 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 2014

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a very accessible examination of the process of evaluating how dangerous an individual has the potential to be. The author's area of expertise is school shooters and most of the examples draw on that aspect of risk assessment; however, most of the discussions are applicable to any situation in which one must examine the possibility of another person being dangerous. This was required reading for my Violence and Risk Assessment class, but was interesting enough that I just read it all the way through without worrying about which segment I was supposed to read per the syllabus.