Social Work in Juvenile And Criminal Justice Settings

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Edition: 3rd
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Pub. Date: 2006-11-30
Publisher(s): Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
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Table of Contents

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