LibGuides: MSW-6105: Week 4 Resources

Lesson 4 Required Resources

Textbook

Forensic Social Work: Psychosocial and Legal Issues Across Diverse Populations and Settings
Maschi, T., & Leibowitz, G. S. (2017). Forensic social work: Psychosocial and legal issues across diverse populations and settings (2nd ed.). Springer Publishing Company.

Read Chapter 14: Critical Issues, Trends, and Intervention in Juvenile Justice.
- This chapter provides an orientation to the critical issues, history, trends, policies, programs, and intervention strategies of the juvenile justice system.

Articles

Differential Applicability of Criminological Theories to Individuals? The Case of Social Learning Vis-à-Vis Social Control
Ward, J. T., McConaghy, M., & Bennett, J. Z. (2018). Differential applicability of criminological theories to individuals? The case of social learning vis-à-vis social control. Crime & Delinquency, 64(4), 510–541.
The article uses finite mixture models (FMMs) to examine whether competing theories—social learning and social control—are differentially applicable to individuals.
A Meta-Analytic Review of Social Learning Theory and Teen Dating Violence Perpetration
Pusch, N. (2024). A meta-analytic review of social learning theory and teen dating violence perpetration. Journal of Research in Crime & Delinquency, 61(2), 171–223.
The purpose of this article is to examine social learning theory (SLT) and teen dating violence (TDV) perpetration and to determine which predictors have the largest effect sizes, whether they vary for males and females, and whether they differ based on research design and sample characteristics.
Professional Engagement: A Comprehensive Understanding of Social Work Intervention for Juvenile Offenders
Reyes-Quilodran, C., Muñoz-Chiguay, M., Calderón, D., & Romero, J. (2023). Professional engagement: A comprehensive understanding of social work intervention for juvenile offenders. Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice, 22(5), 1010–1030.
This article introduces a strengths orientation to juvenile delinquency and investigates how the concept of engagement is defined by professionals and juvenile offenders.

Video

The Juvenile Justice System Is Broken. Here Is What Actually Works
PBS News. (2021, Oct 28). The juvenile justice system is broken. Here is what actually works [Video]. YouTube.
This video explains how the juvenile justice system is meant to provide rehabilitation for those incarcerated, but the system isn’t working. When children are locked up at age 17 or younger, 71% end up rearrested within three years of release according to the Department of Justice. The video explains why so many youths are arrested -- and then re-arrested and what can be done to stop the cycle of youth incarceration.