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Forensic Social Work Psychosocial and Legal Issues in Diverse Practice Settings

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ISBN-10: 0826118577

ISBN-13: 9780826118578

Edition: 2009

Authors: Carolyn Bradley, Tina Maschi, Kelly Ward

List price: $60.00
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The major focus of the book is on social work practice that intersects with the legal system. An emphasis is placed on the knowledge and skills of collaboration that is need across the field of practice. A conceptual model, entitled the Social Justice Systems perspective, places an emphasis on the two pronged approach to practice, which is to increase well-being and social functioning, and improve social justice outcomes. All social work fields of practice are thus implicated in this model: social services, education, child welfare, juvenile and criminal justice, and immigration. This book takes a generalist approach to forensic social work that moves beyond a narrow definition that…    
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List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Springer
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English

Dr. Tina Maschi is an assistant professor at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service in New York City. She is a 2010 recipient of the competitive Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program Award, which is funded by the Hartford Foundation and the Gerontological Society of America (GSA). She is the principal investigator for the research project, "Trauma, coping resources, and well-being among older adults in prison". She also has received intramural research grants and fellowships for her research. Dr. Maschi also is a 2009 recipient of the Council on Social Work Education's Faculty Scholar's Award for the research project for Promising Practices in Social Work…    

Overview of Collaborative Forensic Practice
Defining Collaborative Forensic Social Work with Diverse Populations
A History of Forensic Social Work in the United States
Visualizing Forensic Social Work and Collaborative Practice: A Social Justice Systems Approach
Part 1 Civil and Criminal Law
From Intervention Roles to Multidisciplinary Practice
Fields of Practice
Family and Social Services
Family: Youth & Adults
Social Services: Meeting Basic Human Needs of Income, Food and Shelter