Forensic social work
Subtitle: psychosocial and legal issues in diverse practice settings
By: Tina Maschi, Carolyn Bradley, Kelly Ward.
Contributors: Bradley, Carolyn.; Ward, Kelly, LCSW.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826118578
Subjects: Social workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States; Forensic sociology -- United States; Evidence, Expert -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Defining collaborative forensic social work with diverse populations / Tina Maschi and Mary Lou Killian; title: A history of forensic social work in the United States / Mary Lou Killian and Tina Maschi; title: Visualizing forensic social work and collaborative practice : a social justice systems approach / Tina Maschi and Mary Lou Killian; title: Understanding civil and criminal law / Christine Heer; title: From intervention roles to multidisciplinary practice / Laura Kelly, Nora Smith, Sandy Gibson; title: Family : youth & adults / Nancy Mezey and Rebecca Sanford; title: Social services : meeting basic human needs of income, food, and shelter / Ann Sparks; title: Special topic : assisting female victims of intimate partner violence : the role of victim advocates / Marie Mele; title: Special topic : forensic practice with older adults victims of abuse / Janet Mahoney and Morris Saldov; title: Social work, education, and the law / Carolyn Bradley, Rosemary Richards, Jean Doyle; title: Special topic : building bridges : school reentry of incarcerated juveniles / Lauri Goldkind and Paul Hirschfield; title: Child welfare / Nora Smith; title: Special topic : forensic interviewing for child sexual abuse / Kenneth Lau and Eileen Treacy; title: Mental health and addictions settings : legal and ethical issues for practice / Carolyn Bradley and Kelly Ward; title: Special topic : "order in the drug court" : understanding the intersection of substance abuse and law / Keith Morgen, Lauren Gunneson, and Lisa Maietta; title: Special topic : women at risk : legal involvement among mothers in addiction treatment / Nancy M. Violette, Thomas J. Morgan, & Audrey Redding-Raines; title: Special topic : suicide prevention programming in the jail setting / Schnavia Smith Hatcher; title: Juvenile justice and social work / Tina Maschi, Nancy Violette, Jennifer Ristow, Nancy Scotto Rosato; title: Criminal justice : prisons as a practice setting / Rebecca Sanford and Johana Foster; title: Criminal justice : reentry in the twenty-first century / Patricia O'Brien; title: Special topic : disproportionate involvement of minority youth / Leon Banks, Schnavia Smith Hatcher, Ed Risler; title: Special topic : restorative justice : what social workers need to know / Katherine van Wormer; title: Human rights : implications for forensic social work / Rosemary Barbera; title: Calling some "illegal" : practice considerations in work with undocumented immigrants / Carol Cleaveland; title: Collaborative forensic social work with refugees / Mary Kay Jou and Leah Lazzaro; title: Human rights issues and research with prisoners and other vulnerable populations : where does evidence-based practices go from here? / Sandy Gibson.