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Nov 24, 2024
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Graduate School Course Catalog 2024-2025
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SOCW 6130 - Forensic Social Work (3)
This introductory course to forensic social work prepares social workers to practice in multidisciplinary settings including social work, public health, and legal system in order to address contemporary social problems, such as social injustices, and mass incarcerations of vulnerable populations. Many forensic populations, such as racial and ethnic minorities, at-risk living in impoverished communities. In addition, course participants will learn and apply human rights legal framework and social injustice empowerment theories to guide multi-level prevention, assessment, and interventions with historically vulnerable individuals, families, and communities. Students will learn innovative practice, research and advocacy solutions that address the psychosocial determinants of health, well-being, and navigate the legal/justice.
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