The proliferation of risk logics within public and private sector organisational contexts where
many professionals work has been studied as a phenomenon itself, as governance and in …

Through this editorial we introduce the fourth 'theory special issue'of Health, Risk and
Society. The aim of the series, published more or less annually since 2014, is to provide a …

In recent years a technical discourse of risk has assumed the status of a universal basis for
governance and administrative practice in both private and public sector organizations …

Risk is a key feature of contemporary life, within both the professional and private spheres.
This paper begins with a contextualisation of current risk concerns in the Probation Service …

This study explores how risk operates as a concept and practice in social workers'
interventions. Concern has been expressed within the critical social work risk literature that …

In this article, we define the concept of “risk work,” which aims to make visible working
practices to assess or manage risk, in order to subject these practices to sociological …

This commentary paper sets the six preceding studies within an emerging understanding of
the character of risk and social interaction, and the wider social and organisational context …

We are very pleased to introduce this special issue of the British Journal of Social Work on
risk and social work. The issue distils what is known about risk in the context of social work …

Risk, in one form or another, is arguably the major issue with which contemporary social
work is grappling. Not only must social work practitioners work with risk, and assess and …

Social work and risk have become increasingly linked, and contemporary social work has
been significantly influenced by the risk paradigm. However, the concept of 'risk'in social …