Criminal Justice Social Work, 1st Edition
Product Details:
| Author(s): | Holtzhausen, L,Nieuwenhuizen, C |
| Page count: | 240 |
| ISBN: | 9780702189111 |
| Languages(s): | English, |
| Year Published: | 2012 |
| Categories: | Social Work, Academic, Academic, Academic, |
| Type: |
About this publication
Criminal Justice Social Work: A South African Practice Framework is a text for those working with criminal offenders and victims of crime. It offers readers grounding in theory, research, practice and clinical expertise for practising effectively in the field of criminal justice. Readers are exposed to a wide range of methods, techniques and interventions situated in a uniquely South African practice framework for addressing criminal justice issues and challenges.
Key Benefits
- Focuses on current issues and real-life problems faced by practitioners in dealing with both offenders and victims
- Provides a definition of the emerging specialisation of criminal justice social work
- Examines particular criminal justice populations such as juvenile offenders, violent criminal offenders, women offenders, substance-addicted offenders, economic offenders and sex offenders
- Offers numerous theoretical perspectives throughout with an emphasis on best practice models
- Provides case studies and practical applications that illustrate key points
- Lists up-to-date research findings that give both students and practitioners an overview of the current state of the field both in South Africa and internationally
Content
CHAPTER 1: What is criminal justice social work?
CHAPTER 2: The Criminal Justice Practice Framework
CHAPTER 3: Working with offenders
CHAPTER 4: Working with victims of crime
CHAPTER 5: A developmental social work approach to crime prevention through restorative justice
CHAPTER 6: Working with addicted and substance-abusing offenders
CHAPTER 7: Assessment of general, violent/aggressive and sex offenders
CHAPTER 8: Working with youth sexual offenders
CHAPTER 9: Assessment of economic offenders
CHAPTER 10: Aetiology of crime and assessment indicators of female offenders
CHAPTER 11: Criminology and the criminologists’ role in offender assessment practices
CHAPTER 12: The practice of offender assessment: integrated needs and risk assessment criteria
CHAPTER 13: Future directions for offender assessment
INDEX
CHAPTER 2: The Criminal Justice Practice Framework
CHAPTER 3: Working with offenders
CHAPTER 4: Working with victims of crime
CHAPTER 5: A developmental social work approach to crime prevention through restorative justice
CHAPTER 6: Working with addicted and substance-abusing offenders
CHAPTER 7: Assessment of general, violent/aggressive and sex offenders
CHAPTER 8: Working with youth sexual offenders
CHAPTER 9: Assessment of economic offenders
CHAPTER 10: Aetiology of crime and assessment indicators of female offenders
CHAPTER 11: Criminology and the criminologists’ role in offender assessment practices
CHAPTER 12: The practice of offender assessment: integrated needs and risk assessment criteria
CHAPTER 13: Future directions for offender assessment
INDEX
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