Beyond the risk paradigm in criminal justice / edited by Chris Trotter, Gill McIvor, Fergus McNeill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The rise of the risk paradigm in criminal justice / Gwen Robinson -- Three narratives of risk : corrections, critique and context / Peter Raynor -- Risk assessment in practice / Chris Trotter -- Taking the risk out of youth justice / Stephen Case and Kevin Haines -- Justice, risk and diversity / Gill McIvor -- Drugs, mental disorder and risk / David Rose -- Programmes for domestic violence perpetrators / Dave Morran -- Risk, regulation and the reintegration of sexual offenders / Anne Marie McAlinden -- The collateral consequences of risk / Fergus McNeill -- Probation, risk and the power of the media / Wendy Fitzgibbon -- Putting risk in its place / Craig Schwalbe and Gina Vincent -- Dynamic and protective factors in the treatment of offenders : a reconceptualization / Tony Ward and Imogen McDonald -- An unfinished alternative : towards a relational paradigm / Beth and Allan Weaver -- Changing risks, risking change / Chris Trotter, Gill McIvor and Fergus McNeill.

The risk assessment process, the interventions and treatment commenced as a result of it and the theory behind it are central to the administration of criminal justice programmes around the world. Most youth and adult corrections departments routinely conduct risk assessments, which are then used to inform the nature and intensity of subsequent criminal justice interventions. In this text, a team of leading researchers in the field of criminal justice come together to provide a critique of this risk paradigm, and to provide practical guidance for professionals, students and academics on how to move to a more effective way of working with offenders.