This extensively revised edition reviews the latest research and practices in forensic social work. Readers learn to integrate socio-legal knowledge when workin

This book draws upon the Colorado Model of Criminal Defense-Based Forensic Social Work – a holistic, client-centered, collaborative approach that uses a traum

"[T]his book provides practical practice guidance as well as...interviewing and assessment tips....[A]n invaluable source of information for students, practitio

The criminal justice system, with its complex policies and procedures and its focus on deterrence, punishment, and rehabilitation, can be a difficult system to

Examines the professional specialty of forensic social work, including the role of the field in a litigious society, testifying in the court room and as an expe