Forensic Social Work
Psychosocial and Legal Issues in Diverse Practice Settings
Published on 20. July 2009
Book
Hardback
978-0-8261-1857-8 (ISBN)
Description
Forensic Social Work is a comprehensive text about forensic practice knowledge and skills. It assists college level students and professionals to work most effectively in their own discipline as well as across multiple domains, by infusing legal issues into practice. This text has wide application as a learning tool in a variety of settings, which include college level classes, agency and public seminar trainings, and continuing education programs for professionals. This is a broad guide to forensic practice, including criminal justice, child welfare, education, immigration, and other issues commonly faced in practice. It is applicable for MSW programs in forensic social work, law, and criminal justice. It has been course tested in several classrooms. Its contributors are noted academics and practitioners.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Weight
998 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8261-1857-8 (9780826118578)
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New editions
Tina Maschi | George Stuart Leibowitz
Forensic Social Work
Psychosocial and Legal Issues Across Diverse Populations and Settings
Book
07/2017
2nd Edition
Springer Publishing Company
€92.80
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Persons
Tina Maschi PhD is an assistant professor at Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service. Her research and practice interest focus on at-risk youth, mental health, and juvenile justice involvement. Dr. Maschi's research interests include trauma, mental health, and criminality across the lifespan and community-based research and evaluation. She is also a licensed clinical social worker with extensive practice experience (including the use of creative arts techniques) in correctional, school, and community mental health settings. She currently teaches research and practice courses in the Master's program at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus.||Carolyn Bradley, PhD, LCSW, LCADC is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ. Dr. Bradley's research interests are in substance use, women and spirituality. Dr. Bradley has been a clinician maintaining a private practice in clinical social work for over 25 years.|Kelly Ward, PhD, LCSW, LCADC is an Associate Professor at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ and is also a private practitioner working with adolescents with substance abuse issues. Because of that adolescent connection she has worked closely with forensic social work practice through the years
Content
PART 1: OVERVIEW OF COLLABORATIVE FORENSIC PRACTICE; Chapter 1: Defining Collaborative Forensic Social Work with Diverse Populations; Chapter 2: A History of Forensic Social Work in the United States; Chapter 3: Visualizing Forensic Social Work and Collaborative Practice: A Social Justice Systems Approach; Chapter 4: Part 1 Civil and Criminal Law; Chapter 5: From Intervention Roles to Multidisciplinary Practice; PART 2 FIELDS OF PRACTICE; Section A. Family and Social Services; Chapter 6: Family: Youth & Adults; Chapter 7: Social Services: Meeting Basic Human Needs of Income, Food and Shelter.