\u003cp\u003eThe SAGE Handbook on Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work provides a comprehensive overview of key strands of research and theoretical concepts in this increasingly important field.\n\n\nWith \u003cspan\u003e49 chapters and four section summaries, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethis Handbook describes the âstate of the artâ; discuss key debates and issues; and gives \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epointers on future directions for practice, research, teaching, management of services, and development of theoretical understanding\u003c/span\u003e\u003cs\u003e\u003cspan\u003es\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/s\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA key aim of this Handbook is to support the development of sound, applied knowledge and values to underpin reasoned professional judgement and decision making by social workers in practice and those in management and regulatory roles.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from a global interdisciplinary body of leading and emerging scholars from a wide variety of roles, this handbook has been designed to be internationally generalisable and applicable to all major areas of social work.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Handbook provides a field-defining account of decision making, assessment and risk in social work which is unrivalled for its diversity and strength of coverage, and will be of value to social work researchers, teachers and practitioners, as well as to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003ethose in allied fields\u003cspan\u003e \u003c/span\u003esuch as health care.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 1: Professional Judgement\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 2: Assessment, Risk and Decision Processes\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 3: Assessment Tools and Approaches\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 4: Developing and Managing Practice\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection 5: Concluding Section / Afterword\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e