LibGuides: MSW-6105: Week 7 Resources

Lesson 7 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 17: Justice-Involved Veterans: Programs and Services.
- This chapter discusses the justice-involved veteran population, including the extent of involvement, risk, and protective factors associated with offending, and the impact of criminal justice involvement on the veteran and the veteran’s family system. This chapter also explains how social workers assist this population.
Read Chapter 18: The Immigrant Justice System.
- This chapter explains the paths and obstacles that immigrants face when they navigate the justice system in the United States, and it explores how social workers can support immigrants caught up in the justice system.

Articles

American Bar Association Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Death Penalty Cases: Implications for Social Work
Andrews, A. B. (2012). American Bar Association supplementary guidelines for the mitigation function of defense teams in death penalty cases: Implications for social work. Social Work, 57(2), 155–164.
This article summarizes the "Supplementary Guidelines," with implications for social work practice--that is, professional responsibility, competence, interviewing skill, knowledge of behavioral and mental impairment, records review, life history compilation, data interpretation, witness support, law-related knowledge, and testimony.
Combat Veterans and the Death Penalty: A Forensic Neuropsychiatric Perspective
Wortzel, H. S., & Arciniegas, D. B. (2010). Combat veterans and the death penalty: A forensic neuropsychiatric perspective. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 38(3), 407–414.
This article illustrates the reality that combat veterans who commit capital offenses may face execution, summarize legal arguments offered in favor of a categorical exclusion, and provide a neuropsychiatric perspective on PTSD, TBI, and aggression, to help inform further dialogue on this weighty subject.
Differential Effects of a Social Work Staffing Intervention On Social Work Access Among Rural and Highly Rural Veterans: A Cohort Study
Honken, A. N., Halladay, C. W., Wootton, L. E., Harmon, A. R., Hua, C. L., Rudolph, J. L., & Cornell, P. Y. (2024). Differential effects of a social work staffing intervention on social work access among rural and highly rural Veterans: A cohort study. Health Services Research, 59, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14327
Gendered Borders: Forensic Evaluations of Immigrant Women
Fuentes, C. de las, Duffer, M. R., & Vasquez, M. J. T. (2013). Gendered borders: Forensic evaluations of immigrant women. Women & Therapy, 36(3/4), 302–318.
This article examines the effects of deportation on mothers separated from their children and how they suffer psychologically because of separations, disrupted lives, dislocation, leaving the familiar, not belonging, sadness, and grief.
Veterans in the Criminal Justice System and the Role of Social Work
Kelli Canada, & David L. Albright. (2014). Veterans in the criminal justice system and the role of social work. Journal of Forensic Social Work, 4(1).https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.871617
This article discusses the role of social work practice with veterans in corrections and the implications for the social work profession in veteran-related policy and research. It also includes an overview of the research on veterans in the criminal justice system, a discussion of one rapidly expanding intervention for veterans, and a focused discussion on the multiple roles for social workers in practice, policy, and research.