Handbook of Forensic Social Work

David McLeod, PhD, MSW has spent decades working to reduce violence, particularly that directed at people and communities with diminished capacities for self-protection. He is a Professor and currently serves as the Interim Director of the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma. Additionally Dr. McLeod is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Forensic Social Work and the current President-Elect of the National Anthony P. Natale, MSW, PhD is an Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, joining the faculty in 2005. Dr. Natale teaches across the social work curriculum, including Human Diversity and Societal Oppression, Diversity and Social Justice, Human Services Administration, Social Welfare Policy Analysis, Community Organization and Development, Human Lifespan Development, and Human Sexuality. He was inducted into the Social Work Hall of Fame for Teaching Excellence in 2015 and awarded the Regents Award for Superior Teaching in 2019. Dr. Natale's distinguished research record has evolved into four themes, HIV/AIDS health disparities, human sexuality in social work practice, practice with LGBTQQIPA2+ populations, and social work pedagogy. As a social worker, Dr. Natale has committed his professional and academic career to advance social, political, economic, and environmental justice for and always with marginalized and oppressed populations. Kristin W. Mapson, MSW, PhD is Professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and School of Social Work, joining faculty in 2013. Dr. Bolton teaches across the social work curriculum including Diversity, Research Methods, Social Policy, Social Work Practice with Groups and Study Abroad Courses. Dr. Bolton has earned the Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award and received honorable mention for the SAGE/CSWE Commission on Research Faculty Award for Innovation in Research Instruction. Dr. Bolton's research has centered on resilience across the life span, offender populations and solution-focused practice.

1. Introduction to Forensic Social Work
2. Introduction to the U.S. Court System
3. Introduction to the Development of Social Policy
4. Ethics in Forensic Social Work
5. Women in Forensic Settings
6. Older Adults in Forensic Settings
7. Sexual Orientation in Forensic Settings
8. Gender Identity in Forensic Settings
9. Race and Ethnicity in Forensic Settings
10. Mental Health and Forensic Settings
11. Historical Criminal Justice Theory
12. Trauma Informed Theory and Criminal Justice
13. Major Policies Impacting Child Welfare
14. Mass Incarceration and for Profit Prisons
15. Immigration Policy
16. Drug Policy
17. Capital Punishment
18. Mental Health Policies
19. Juvenile Justice Policy
20. Civil Commitment Policies
21. Intimate Partner Violence Policies
22. Reentry: Challenges, Collateral Consequences, and Advocacy for Returning Community Members
23. Child Welfare
24. Domestic & Relational Violence
25. Juvenile Justice
26. Drug Court
27. Veteran Court
28. Mental Health Court
29. Probation
30. Restorative Justice
31. Correctional Settings
32. Human Trafficking
33. Decarceration and Advocacy