Univ. of Texas, Austin. Contains the most current research and tested field practices for child welfare through adulthood in the civil and criminal systems. Includes prevention of prisoners' sudden deaths, expert witness testimony in child welfare and women battering, and more. For sociologists and psychologists.
Forensic social work in the 21st century
p. 3
Double jeopardy : risk assessment in the context of child maltreatment and domestic violence
p. 25
Prevention of prisoner sudden deaths : safety guidelines and suicide screening protocols
p. 53
Forensic social work and expert witness testimony in child welfare
p. 67
Expert testimony on woman battering and its effects
p. 93
The role of the forensic social worker in developing mitigation evidence
p. 125
Emerging trends in batterer intervention programming : equipping forensic workers for effective practice
p. 151
Treatment effectiveness with dually diagnosed adolescents : implications for juvenile offenders
p. 173
Forensic practices and serving dually diagnosed youth involved with the juvenile justice system
p. 205
Psychopathic traits in juveniles
p. 225
Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' rolling with resistance : motivational interviewing in juvenile justice settings
p. 247
From Augustus to BARJ : the evolving role of social work in juvenile justice
p. 273
Social work in juvenile courts
p. 299
Multisystemic treatment of serious clinical problems in youths and their families
p. 315
Treatment of mentally ill juvenile offenders
p. 347
Overrepresentation of African Americans incarcerated for delinquency offenses in juvenile institutions
p. 363
Drug courts
p. 385
Jail mental health services
p. 425
Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder in inmates with histories of substance use
p. 445
Best practices with HIV infected/affected incarcerated women
p. 467
Aftercare and recidivism prevention
p. 491
Victim-offender mediation and forensic practice
p. 519
Restorative justice : cultural and gender considerations
p. 541
Posttrauma intervention : basic tasks
p. 563
Epilogue : social work and criminal justice?
p. 573
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