This is the 5th edition of the work. The book has been fully updated and revised to include the latest leading case law and legislation in the area.Rachel BirnbaumJanet E. Mosher
""This is the first book to give social workers the tools to understand their clients' legal needs and rights and to address them collaboratively and effectively. Lyn Slater and Kara Finck ground their text in a comprehensive grasp of the legal system and the inequities of race, class, and ...
Social Work and Law exposes students to the ways in which social work and law intersect. Students will explore the judiciary's contributions to important social policy issues and the knowledge social workers need to effectively participate in the judicial process. An introductory unit present... (...
and legislation * Guidance on answering exercises in the book * Glossary * Further reading * Web links Lecturer resources: * Test Bank of 200 multiple choice questions with answers and feedback * Lecture outlines, notes and guidance for both lawyers and social workers teaching social work law. ...
Social workers in all practice areas are affected by interactions with the law and legal systems. Unfortunately, the profession has paid inadequate attention to education, scholarship, and practice in legal environments. This article introduces a new perspective for examining social work and the law ...
book addresses the relationship between the professions of social work and law and helps social workers develop the knowledge necessary to practice in a legal environment. The author focuses on how the law affects the day-to-day practice of social work; the creation, administration, and operation...
The relationship between social work and the law remains strongly contested. The law can be problematic in terms of its purposes and outcomes. The law can be used for social engineering, the promotion of particular ideologies and the preservation of power structures. Certain social groups are over...
The Law and Social Work: Contemporary Issues for Practice : Lesley-Anne Cull and Jeremy Roche (eds) Palgrave in association with the Open University, 2001,... The Law and Social Work: Contemporary Issues for Practice : Lesley-Anne Cull and Jeremy Roche (eds) Palgrave in association with the...
Social work asks of us all awkward questions, particularly since we are all members of the systems about which we are developing a critical knowledge base. This paper argues that social work, on the basis of a policy and political literacy, must engage in influencing higher levels of context....