Forensic Social Work
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-2066-3 (ISBN)
This extensively revised edition reviews the latest research and practices in forensic social work. Readers learn to integrate socio-legal knowledge when working with diverse populations in a variety of settings. Noted interdisciplinary contributors review the most common forensic issues encountered in the field to better prepare readers to deal with the resulting financial, psychological, emotional, and legal ramifications. Using a human rights and social justice approach, the book demonstrates the use of a forensic lens when working with individuals, families, organizations, and communities who struggle with human rights and social justice issues. Each chapter features objectives, competencies, Voices from the Field, a summary, exercises, and additional resources.
Features:
Highlights working with various populations such as minorities, immigrants, veterans, the elderly, LGBTQ persons, persons with disabilities, substance abusers, trauma survivors, and more.
Reviews the field’s conceptual and historical foundation and pertinent laws to better prepare readers for professional practice (Part 1).
Introduces the most common forensic issues encountered when working in various settings including health care, social and protective services, the child welfare system, the criminal justice system, school systems, immigration services, addiction treatment facilities, and more (Part 2).
Provides a wealth of practical guidance via case studies and interviewing, assessment, and intervention tips.
Voices from the Field written by seasoned practitioners introduce common situations readers are likely to encounter.
New to this Edition:
Highlights the 2015 Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Policies and Accreditation Standards throughout the text.
Greatly expanded coverage from 26 to 32 chapters with more on healthcare, housing, employment, the juvenile and criminal justice system, adult protective services, and the dynamics of oppression.
New Part dedicated to the core skills that must be mastered by forensic social workers including evidence-based assessments and interventions, forensic interviewing, expert testimonies, case and policy advocacy, program development, and research and evaluation (Part 3).
Highlights the latest interventions including trauma informed and restorative justice practices.
Updated content related to the DSM-5 and healthcare reform.
Reflects the latest immigration policies, criminal justice reform, the Violence Against Women Act, and the Older Americans Act.
More instructor resources including sample syllabi, Power Points, interviewing, evaluation, and assessment forms and checklists.
Ideal for MSW and BSW courses in forensic social work as well as forensic/legal courses taught in criminal justice and psychology, practitioners working in a variety of settings who must have a working knowledge of forensic social work will appreciate this book’s comprehensive overview of the field.
Tina Maschi, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, is an associate professor at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service where she teaches research, practice, and human rights and social justice. George Stuart Leibowitz, Ph.D., LICSW, is Professor at Stony Brook University, School of Social Welfare in New York.
PART I: A HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE APPROACH TO FORENSIC PRACTICE
Chapter 1: Conceptual and Historical Overview of Forensic Social Work
Tina Maschi, George S. Leibowitz, Mary Lou Killian
Chapter 2: Life Course Systems Power Analysis: Understanding Health and Justice Disparities for Forensic Assessment and Intervention
Tina Maschi, George S. Leibowitz
Chapter 3A: Human Rights: Some Implications for Social Work
Rosemary Barbera
Chapter 3B: Social Work and the Law: An Overview of Ethics, Social Work, & Civil and Criminal Law
David McLeod
PART II: SYSTEMS OF CARE AND FORENSIC PRACTICE
Chapter 4: Education, Social Work and the Law
Carolyn Bradley, Karen Dunn
Chapter 5: Thinking Outside the Box: Tackling Health Inequities through
Forensic Social Work Practice
Karen Bullock, Jodi Hall, David Fitzpatrick
Chapter 6: Housing
Tam Perry, Vanessa Rorai, Claudia Sanford
Chapter 7: Employment at the Intersection of the Juvenile Justice System
Rebecca Linn-Walton
Chapter 8: Families as a System in Forensic Practice
Nancy Mezey, Tina Maschi, George Leibowitz
Chapter 9: Family and Social Services: Meeting Basic Human Needs of Income, Food, and Shelter
Anne Sparks
Chapter 10: Child Welfare
George Leibowitz, R. Anna Hayward-Everson, Carl Mazza
Chapter 11: Domestic Violence
Joan Pennell
Chapter 12: Substance Use & Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders Treatment: Systems
and Issues for Those in Jail, Prison, and on Parole
Keith Morgen, Kelsey Denison-Vesel, Abigail Voelkner,
Carolyn Brouard, Jaclyn Smith, Alissa Nowak
Chapter 13: Critical Issues, Trends, and Interventions in Juvenile Justice
Wesley Church, George S. Leibowitz, Tina Maschi
Chapter 14: The Criminal Justice System: A History of Mass Incarceration with
Implications for Forensic Social Work
Kirk James
Chapter 15: Adult Protective Services at the Intersection of Aging and Disability
Joy Swanson Ernst, Patricia Brownell, Tina Maschi
Chapter 16: Justice Involved Veterans: Programs and Services
Kelli Canada, Clark Peters, Danielle Easter
Chapter 17: The Immigrant Justice System
Carol Cleaveland
Chapter 18: Intersectoral Collaboration: Mental Health, Substance Abuse and
Homelessness Among Vulnerable Populations
David Fitzpatrick, Jodi Hall, Karen Bullock
PART III: CORE SKILLS: PRACTICE, RESEARCH AND EVALUATION, POLICY, AND ADVOCACY
Chapter 19: Empirically Informed Forensic Social Work Practice
Melissa Grady, Jill Levenson, David Prescott
Chapter 20: Motivational Interviewing
David Prescott, George S. Leibowitz
Chapter 21: Forensic Interviewing
Susan Robbins
Chapter 22: Expert Witness Testimony in Forensic Practice and Justice Systems
Shreya Mandal
Chapter 23: Restorative Justice and Community Well Being: Visualizing Theories, Practices, and Research – Part 1
Johannes Wheeldon
Katherine van Wormer
Chapter 25: Empowerment and Feminist Practice with Forensic Populations
Sandra Turner
Chapter 26: Family Engagement and Social Work in Statutory Settings
Gale Burford
Chapter 27: Collaboration and Care Coordination
Ida Dickie, Tina Maschi
Chapter 28: Human Rights Issues and Research with Prisoners and Other Vulnerable
Populations: Where Does Evidence-Based Practice Go From Here?
Sandy Gibson
Chapter 29: Forensic Research and Evaluation: Program and Policy Interventions that
Promote Human Rights and Social Justice
Tina Maschi, George S. Leibowitz, Joanne Rees
Chapter 30: Case Level and Policy Advocacy
Eileen Klein
Chapter 31: Victim Advocacy
Marie Mele
Chapter 32: Family Televisiting: An Innovative Psychologist-Directed Program to
Increase Resilience & Reduce Trauma Among Children with Incarcerated
Parents
Frank Corigliano
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.08.2017 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8261-2066-0 / 0826120660 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8261-2066-3 / 9780826120663 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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