Social Work in Juvenile And Criminal Justice Settings

by Roberts, Albert R.; Springer, David W.; White, Barbara W.

• ISBN13: 9780398076764
• ISBN10: 0398076766
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-11-30
• Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd

Table of Contents

Evolving trends, policies, and practices
The emergence and current developments in forensic social work	p. 5
An introduction to forensic social work perspectives	p. 25
Correctional policies : evolving trends	p. 32
Social work in the justice system : an overview	p. 44
Rural and urban criminal justice	p. 53
Ethical practice in forensic social work	p. 75
Social work and criminal justice : new dimensions in practice	p. 87
Crisis intervention and police-based social work
Crisis intervention with victims of violence	p. 95
The history and role of social work in law enforcement	p. 106
Forensic social work in law enforcement and victim service/witness assistance programs : national and local perspectives	p. 113
Police social work : bridging the past to the present	p. 126
Juvenile justice policies and practices
Assessment of mental health and substance abuse treatment needs in juvenile justice	p. 133
Mental health and substance abuse treatment of juvenile delinquents	p. 151
Juvenile justice policy : trends and issues	p. 170
Conflicting philosophies of juvenile justice	p. 186
Revisiting the heritage of forensic social work : applying a nurturing practice model when working with gang members in juvenile correctional facilities	p. 191
Victim assistance and domestic violence intervention
Assessment and intervention in child sexual abuse : a forensic social work perspective	p. 211
Battered women : prevalence, warning signs, assessment issues, and intervention	p. 237
Social work and survivor assistance	p. 247
Social work's role with domestic violence : women and the criminal justice system	p. 269
The role of social work in victim/witness assistance programs	p. 279
Probation, parole, and court settings
Therapeutic jurisprudence in social work and criminal justice	p. 287
Administration in probation and parole	p. 300
Doing justice for mental illness and society : federal probation and pretrial services officers as mental health specialists	p. 317
Motivational interviewing for probation staff : increasing the readiness to change	p. 327
Adult corrections : institutional and community-based forensic social work
Preparing social workers for practice in correctional institutions	p. 341
Female offenders and the criminal justice system	p. 351
Social work within a maximum security setting	p. 366
Correctional social work with criminal offenders and their children	p. 376
Strengthening families as natural support systems for offenders	p. 394
When prisoners return to the community : political, economic, and social consequences	p. 400
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