Criminal Defense-Based Forensic Social Work 1st Edition

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Product details:

• EISBN:131541015X
• EISBN-13:9781315410159
• Authors: Ashley Ratliff, Maren Willins

This book draws upon the Colorado Model of Criminal Defense-Based Forensic Social Work – a holistic, client-centered, collaborative approach that uses a trauma-informed care framework – to outline the numerous roles and skills of a forensic social worker. The comprehensive, developmentally informed model employs a past (e.g., mitigation themes and life history compilation), present (e.g., client contact and current functioning support), and future (e.g., reentry services) framework to provide mitigation narratives for defendants and to create a comprehensive approach to service.

The text starts with an overview of practice standards, ethical considerations, and legal frameworks. Next, chapters examine the unique roles that a forensic social worker must take on and the skills they need to possess. These include using clinical interventions with clients in nonclinical settings, working with clients of different identities and backgrounds, assisting with reentry planning for incarcerated clients, and collaborating with experts outside of the defense team. Finally, the authors provide strategies for practitioners to engage in their own self-care.

Table contents:

Foreword Tina Maschi Preface Ashley Ratliff & Jacoba Rock

1. Introduction and Overview Ashley Ratliff & Marty Beyer

2. Guiding Principles of Practice: A Critical Interdisciplinary Approach Toward Effective Client Representation and Advocacy Ashley Ratliff & Maren Willins

3. Roles of the Forensic Social Worker Molly Hennessey & Maren Willins

4. Skills Maren Willins & Hillary Vervalin

5. Cultural Humility and Special Populations Claire Schmidt & Molly Hennessey

6. Work Product (Written, Demonstrative, Oral) Hillary Vervalin & Kathleen McGuire

7. Forensic Social Work and Collaboration with Expert Witnesses Hillary Vervalin, Ashley Ratliff & Kathleen McGuire

8. Self-Care Maren Willins & Ashley Ratliff