Forensic social work : psychosocial and legal issues in diverse practice settings / Editors: Tina Maschi, Carolyn Bradley, Kelly Ward.

By: Maschi, TinaContributor(s): Bradley, Carolyn | Ward, Kelly, 1962-Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Springer Pub., c2009Description: xvii, 398 p. : ill., forms ; 26 cmISBN: 9780826118578 (hbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Social workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States | Evidence, Expert -- United States | Social legislation -- United StatesLOC classification: KF3721 | .F67 2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining collaborative forensic social work with diverse populations / Tina Maschi and Mary Lou Killian -- A history of forensic social work in the United States / Mary Lou Killian and Tina Maschi -- Visualizing forensic social work and collaborative practice : a social justice systems approach / Tina Maschi and Mary Lou Killian -- Understanding civil and criminal law / Christine Heer -- From intervention roles to multidisciplinary practice / Laura Kelly, Nora Smith, Sandy Gibson -- The family and social work practice / Nancy Mezey and Rebecca Sanford -- Social services : meeting basic human needs of income, food, and shelter / Ann Sparks -- Assisting female victims of intimate partner violence : the role of victim advocates / Marie Mele -- Forensic practice with older adults victims of abuse / Janet Mahoney and Morris Saldov -- Education, social work and the law / Carolyn Bradley, Rosemary Richards, Jean Doyle -- Building bridges : school reentry of incarcerated juveniles / Lauri Goldkind and Paul Hirschfield -- Child welfare / Nora Smith -- Forensic interviewing for child sexual abuse / Kenneth Lau and Eileen Treacy -- Mental health and addictions : legal and ethical issues for practice / Carolyn Bradley and Kelly Ward -- "Order in the drug court" : understanding the intersection of substance abuse and law / Keith Morgen, Lauren Gunneson, and Lisa Maietta.

Women at risk : legal involvement among mothers in addiction treatment / Nancy M. Violette, Thomas J. Morgan, and Audrey Redding-Raines -- Suicide prevention programming in the jail setting / Schnavia Smith Hatcher -- Juvenile justice and social work / Tina Maschi ... [et al.]. -- Prisons as a practice setting / Rebecca Sanford and Johana Foster -- Reentry in the Twenty-First Century / Patricia O'Brien -- The disproportionate legislative waiver of minority youth into the criminal justice system / Leon Banks, Schnavia Smith Hatcher, Edward A. Risler -- Restorative justice : what social workers need to know / Katherine van Wormer -- Human rights : some implications for social work / Rosemary Barbera -- Calling some "illegal" : practice considerations in work with undocumented immigrants / Carol Cleaveland -- Collaborative forensic social work with refugees / Mary Kay Jou and Leah Lazzaro -- Human rights issues and research with prisoners and other vulnerable populations : where does evidence-based practices go from here? / Sandy Gibson.

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