Forensic Social Work
"Policies, practices and social work roles with juvenile and adult offenders and victims of crimes "(Brownell & Roberts,2002)
What is Forensic Social Work ?
"Prisons are the new asylums".
What term is used to describe the criminalization of those with mental illness?
Offenders residing in the community instead of being incarcerated.
What is community corrections (probation or parole)?
A situation in which someone caused harm to another person.
What are criminal cases?
Juvenile offenders are fundamentally different than adult offenders due to their brain development.
What is the reason juveniles are tried in courts separate from adult criminals?
**Unless the crime is particularly violent
Chicago Protective Agency for Women and Children
What is the first organization in the United States to assist abused women ?
The majority of social workers who work in correctional facilities have this certification.
What is LCSW?
Bachelor's degree in crimoinal justice, sociology, psychology, social work.
What certification do you need to work in community corrections ?
Private disputes such as divorces, custody cases.
What are Civil cases ?
Diversion or dismissal
Probation
Residential placement
What are the possible outcomes for a youth involved with the juvenile justice system?
Activity that social workers engage in that helps opposing parties resolve a dispute without lengthy litigation.
What is arbitration and mediation?
Intake, psychosocial assesments, treatment plans, counseling, therapy.
What are duties of a social worker in a correctional facility?
Making sure that clients are complying with court order conditions of parole AND
Providing support to lead a more successful life (not reoffend)
What are the two roles of a community corrections officer?
Drug Court
Veteran's Court
Mental Health Court
What are the three main types of specialty courts?
Advocay organizations are critical of this practice due to racial disparities impacting black youth.
What is transfering a juvenile case to adult court?
Justice, equity, lawfulness, competency, integrity and trans disciplinary collaboration.
What are the core values of the National Organization of Forensic Social Work?
The part of the judicial system charged with punishment and sentencing.
What is corrections?
Helping formerly incarcerated individuals transition back to the community.
What is a reentry program ?
Social Workers who support victims of crime
What are victim witness coordinators or victim advocates?
"School to prison pipeline"
What are the policies and systems that push largely marginalized children form classrooms into juvenile justice systems ?
Individual such as biology
Environmental-social circumstances
What are two theories of criminal behavior ?
This approach relies on the perspective that the best way to prevent future crime is to offer treatment
What is rehabilitation?
The system that decides if an individual is guilty or innocent of charges.
What is the judiciary system ?
VOCA
The victims of crime act.
Historically, VOCA funding has been vital in its support of traditional victim service providers, particularly within domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse cases, and justice system-based Victim/Witness Assistance Program
A criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender's bias against a race, religion, ethnicity or gender"
What is a hate crime?