Forensic Social Work

Catalog description

Provides an overview of social work practice in jails, prisons, parole/probation, and the legal system. Examines how psychosocial factors and forces of oppression impact people involved in the criminal justice system. Prepares students to engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate practice with special populations affected by the criminal justice system, including historically marginalized communities, people with chronic mental illness, pregnant women, the elderly, children, and adolescents. Attention will also be given to: safety considerations, use of self in forensic social work, the intersections of privilege and oppression in forensic settings, and the role of locked facilities in society. Prer., Graduate Social Work students only.