Risk in Social Work Practice - Current Issues (Hardcover)

The study of 'risk' in social work involves complex interplay between human behaviour, emotion, evidence of fact, professional values and organisational systems. This book brings together contributions from key social work researchers and theorists from the UK, USA, New Zealand and Italy, writing with a focus on aspects of risk within social work. It examines key debates concerning risk in contemporary social work practice, including ethical dilemmas, approaches to decision-making and the challenges of ignorance and errors. Contributions range from the perennial challenges of how one uses formal knowledge when assessing risk to emerging risks arising from the counterterrorism agenda. This book will enable practitioners, policy makers and researchers to appreciate the complexities of risk in different settings and apply this understanding to their own practice. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Social Work Practice.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2018
First published:	2019
Editors:	Andrew Whittaker • Brian Taylor
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	134
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-59995-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > General
LSN:	1-138-59995-6
Barcode:	9781138599956

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