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Feeling Angry Playing Fair

This book is for men who find themselves caught up in patterns of behaviour involving anger and the abuse, either physical or verbal, of others. For so long men have sought to dominate their world, but the challenge for modern men is to expose their old belief systems for what they are – destructive for themselves and for those around them. Having exposed the inappropriateness of old belief systems, the challenge for men is to then adopt a new system based on respect and power-sharing.

Through the processes of change introduced in this book, men can learn to implement and maintain a non-abusive lifestyle in which open, caring and honest communication are the norm.

The author makes no secret of the difficulties that can face men seeking to change their behaviours. However, this book offers much that can make the task easier. Men who accept the challenge and achieve a lifestyle based on sharing and respect can look forward to a more satisfying and less stressful way of relating to other people.

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• Chapter 1 – The Challenge of Change (PDF .3mb)
• Chapter 2 – Bogged Down with Old Patterns (PDF .6mb)
• Chapter 3 – An Invitation to be Responsible (PDF .3mb)
• Chapter 4 – Patterns From the Past (PDF .4mb)
• Chapter 5 – An Issue of Choice (PDF .2mb)
• Chapter 6 – Developing a New Rule Book (PDF .5mb)
• Chapter 7 – Skills for Living by the New Rule Book (PDF .5mb)
• Chapter 8 – Healing the Hurts (PDF .2mb)
• Chapter 9 – Resisting the Invitation to Return to the Old Ways (PDF .4mb)

Will they do it again?

Everyday we are bombarded with the reality that people do bad things to each other as well as to themselves. Those of us who work in the human services are increasingly being asked to make judgements about the safety of people we work with. What judgements we make and how we make them is the focus of this book. A number of key thinkers have been asked to write about their experience in risk assessment and management and the challenges that this field of practice poses for practitioners.

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• Preface – From Uncertainty to Certainty – Is it Possible (PDF .4mb)
• Chapter 1 – From Mysticism to Science (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 2 – Getting the Balance Right (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 3 – Risk Assessment of Suicidal behaviours in Young People (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 4 – Risk Assessment and Management in Mental Health (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 5 – Safe at Home (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 6 – Predicting and Managing Risk in Men Who Are Domestically Violent (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 7 – Psychopathy and Risk of Violence (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 8 – Rape (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 9 – Assessing Sex Offender Risk (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 10 – Preparing Practitioners for Assessing and Managing Risk (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 11 – Preparing Human Service Workers for Risk Assessment and Management (PDF .1mb)
• Appendix 1 (PDF .1mb)
• Bibliography (PDF .1mb)
• Biographies (PDF .1mb)

Effective interventions with Offenders: Lessons Learned

The view of the 1970’s and 80’s – that in terms of rehabilitation programmes, nothing works – continues to exert an influence that is no longer deserved. Over the last twenty years more than 2000 published evaluations and 75 meta-analyses have shown that carefully designed and delivered interventions, supported by good supervision, at their best make a real difference to reoffending rates. Their effectiveness is comparable to that of counselling for mental health issues. What are the keys to an effective programme? One thing is clear – rehabilitation is advanced work. This book offers answers drawn from the research and experience of New Zealand practitioners across the field – it includes the learning of those who work with offenders in prison and the community, with men and women in separate programmes, with youth and with Maori and Pacific people. One contribution considers the legal question: since programmes are now shown to be effective, do offenders have a right to treatment?

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• Introduction (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 1 – The changing nature of interventions (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 2 – Treatment of offending behaviour – Is it a leagal right (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 3 – Programme design – Getting it more right than wrong (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 4 – Supervision (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 5 – Do no harm – Equipping facilitators for competent practice (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 6 – Evaluation in Corrections – Nothing works vs What works (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 7 – Site implementation issues (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 8 – Culture and offender rehabilitation in New Zealand (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 9 – Effective programmes for men who use family violence (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 10 – Interventions for women offenders (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 11 – Youth offenders (PDF .1mb)
• Contributors (PDF .1mb)

Family violence has emerged from behind closed doors and is now recognised as a major problem in Aotearoa New Zealand, as it is overseas. In New Zealand we have lose to 25 year’s experience in developing and delivering programmes to address family violence.

• Where are we in our practice approaches and intervention to stem the tide of family violence?
• What have we achieved?
• What approaches work?

This book answers these questions and is a timely reminder of the importance of intervention. it reviews what has occurred, then takes the next

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• Preface & Introduction (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 1 – Women who abuse (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 2 – Same sex violence (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 3 – Children affected (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 4 – Women from gangs (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 5 – Group work with men (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 6 – Wananga whakamana (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 7 – Couple therapy (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 8 – Violent fathers (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 9 – Polynesian families (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 10 – Maintaining passion (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 11 – Training (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 12 – Peer supervision (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 13 – Measuring effectiveness (PDF .1mb)
• Bibliography (PDF .1mb)

Problem Gambling: A New Zealand Perspective on Treatment

Problem gambling is a major social issue and a challenging area of social work practice. This new book explores issues facing those treating problem gambling in New Zealand. It brings together the writings of practitioners dealing with a range of difficulties in the field:

• Populations at risk and interventions
• Treatment strategies & issues for working with problem gamblers
• Implications for treatment for gambling & associated disorders
• Culturally informed programme provision
• Gamblers’ families & implications for intervention

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• Chapter 1 – A Public Health Perspective (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 2 – Problem Gambling Treatment in New Zealnd (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 3 – The Gambling Problem Helpline in New Zealand (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 4 – Adolescent Problem Gambling (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 5 – Gambling in the Ageing Population (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 6 – DICE Therapy (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 7 – Alcohol and Drug Counsellors (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 8 – The Use of Metaphors in Problem Gambling Treatment (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 9 – Activity as an Essential Component of Treatment for the Problem Gambler (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 10 – Problem Gambling Treatment (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 11 – Pathological Gambling (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 12 – Suicide and Problem Gambling (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 13 – Gambling and Violence (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 14 – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Problem Gambler (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 15 – Wahine Tupono – A Kaupapa Maori Intervention Programme (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 16 – Pacific Problem Gambling (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 17 – Problem Gambling Treatment for Asian Immigrants (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 18 – Issues for Adolescent Children of Problem Gamblers (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 19 – The Effects of Gambling on Family Members (PDF .1mb)
• Chapter 20 – A Personal Journey (PDF .1mb)