Journal of forensic social work最新文献

{"title":"Attrition in drug court research: Examining participant characteristics and recommendations for follow-up.","authors":"Natasha S Mendoza,&nbsp;Jessica V Linley,&nbsp;Thomas H Nochajski,&nbsp;Mark G Farrell","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.837418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.837418","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drug court research is often challenged by study attrition. In this study, researchers attempted to predict study completion using variables traditionally associated with treatment attrition. Findings showed that participants who reported a need for additional help to resolve legal problems and who reported accessing outpatient treatments were more likely to complete the study at the three-month follow-up. The study also demonstrated a relationship between trauma-related symptoms and study attrition. Although sample size was a limitation with these pilot data, researchers are urged to examine attrition and increase efforts to engage drug court enrollees in research studies, especially those with trauma-related symptoms.</p>","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 1","pages":"56-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.837418","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32071337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Utilization of the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2) with a Southern, African American Adolescent Male Population","authors":"Jeremiah W. Jaggers, Sarah R. Young, Robin McKinney, Kathleen A. Bolland, Wesley T. Church","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.809326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.809326","url":null,"abstract":"The Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2) is a widely accepted instrument for screening adolescents in detention facilities for mental health problems. However, African Americans often experience mental illness differently from other racial groups. The purpose of this study is to examine the usefulness of the MAYSI-2 with Southern African American adolescents. Results indicate that the MAYSI-2 factor structure as originally conceived does not accurately represent mental illness as experienced by this group. Instead, findings suggest that African American adolescents do indeed experience mental illness in a way different from youth for whom the MAYSI-2 was designed. Furthermore, the MAYS-2's ability to detect psychotic illness in this group is called into question by these findings.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 1","pages":"15 - 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.809326","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59937778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Letter From the Editors","authors":"Viola Vaughan-Eden, Rob P. Butters","doi":"10.1080/1936928x.2013.853553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928x.2013.853553","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928x.2013.853553","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59937893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Risk Factors for Homelessness Among Recently Released Offenders","authors":"Karen K. Parhar, J. Wormith","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2013.826610","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2013.826610","url":null,"abstract":"The current study examined characteristics related to homelessness among released offenders to improve housing services for this group. Forty-one incarcerated Canadian prisoners were interviewed approximately 3 months prior to release about their former and anticipated accommodations. Homelessness prior to incarceration was positively related to violent institutional behavior, violence risk level, and criminogenic needs but not recidivism. Stable housing prior to incarceration was positively related to greater community support. Recommendations include creating more community and institutional housing programs for offenders more likely to experience housing difficulties in the community.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"3 1","pages":"16 - 33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2013.826610","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59938087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neighborhood Defenders Program: An Evaluation of Maryland's Holistic Representation Program","authors":"Brooke Hisle, Corey S. Shdaimah, Natalie Finegar","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2012.743868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2012.743868","url":null,"abstract":"This article provides insights and lessons learned from the Neighborhood Defenders Program (NDP) established by the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in 2006. The NDP is a holistic representation model that uses interdisciplinary teams of lawyers, social workers, law clerks, support staff, and college interns to provide legal representation while assisting clients with social and economic concerns such as reentry, housing, employment, immigration, mental health, and education. Clients are eligible for social service assistance from the NDP indefinitely, even after their legal case has been resolved. First, the authors provide an overview of holistic criminal defense and a description of the NDP. This is followed by a brief description of evaluation methods and a report of the main findings, which are based on interviews, focus groups, and observations with clients, attorneys, social workers, support staff, and families or guardians of clients. Last, the authors provide concluding thoughts and recommendations based on these findings that may help others who seek to establish or improve existing holistic criminal defense practices. It is the authors' goal to contribute to dialogue around holistic criminal defense programs to maximize benefits to clients and to avoid or mitigate any harm.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"122 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2012.743868","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59935878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Survivors of Homicide Victims: Factors that Influence their Well-Being","authors":"M. Armour, M. Umbreit","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2012.750253","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2012.750253","url":null,"abstract":"Although survivors of homicide victims are recognized as a distinct bereaved population, little attention has been given to concepts of posthomicide wellness and the conditions that advance survivors' healing. This article examines the well-being of survivors through interviews and focus groups with survivors and victim assistance providers. Data were analyzed using a combination of template analysis and grounded theory, qualitative approaches that serve to broaden existing theory and prior research about homicide bereavement so that survivors' functioning can be assessed outside of theory built principally on death due to natural causes or through the lens of complicated bereavement. Findings include eight dimensions of well-being: (a) movement/intentionality, (b) stagnation, (c) reckonings, (d) injustice, (e) factors in the criminal justice system that help or hinder, (f) the role of time, (g) faith, and (h) family and friends. Findings suggest that posthomicide well-being is associated with cognitive and emotional movement in a forward direction. Discussion centers on the prevention of or reduction in barriers that block survivors' movement.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"74 - 93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2012.750253","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59937637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aging, Mental Health, and the Criminal Justice System: A Content Analysis of the Literature","authors":"Tina Maschi, Samantha L. Sutfin, Brendan O'Connell","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2012.750254","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2012.750254","url":null,"abstract":"Whereas older adults in the criminal justice system are a significant public health concern, there has been little research examining mental health among this population. This content analysis attempts to fill that gap by examining the international peer-reviewed empirical journal articles on mental health and older adults in the criminal justice system. English-language articles that examined mental health among older adults in the criminal justice system were locating through a comprehensive search of peer-reviewed journals of Academic Search Premier Literature databases, which included MEDLINE and PsycLIT. Trained researchers extracted data on the research methods and major findings on mental health among older adults in the criminal justice system. Thirty-one empirical studies were identified as meeting the study criteria. Content analysis was conducted using deductive (frequency counts) and analytic strategies (thematic analysis of major findings across studies). Results indicated that between 1988 and 2012, 31 empirical studies were published on mental health among older adults in the criminal justice system. Most of the studies were conducted in secure care settings that were prisons (n = 16) or forensic psychiatric hospital or units (n = 8). Of the 31 studies, schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, dementia, and substance use disorder were the most widely diagnosed mental illness. Comorbid physical ailments were noted in the 10 studies. Common themes across studies were related to the mental health detection and access to services, group differences, comorbid conditions, and the relationship of age, mental health, and criminal behavior, including potential risk and protective factors. Relatively few studies have focused on the mental health needs of older adults in the criminal justice system, especially at the time of arrest, court processing, probation, and parole. These results suggest that mental illness, including serious mental illness, needs to be addressed at all stages of the criminal justice process.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"162 - 185"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2012.750254","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59937479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Lived Experience of Native Hawaiians Exiting Prison and Reentering the Community: How Do You Really Decriminalize Someone Who's Consistently Being Called a Criminal?","authors":"L. Ka‘opua, A. Petteruti, R. N. Takushi, J. H. Spencer, Soon H. Park, Tressa Diaz, Shalia K. Kamakele, Kaipo C. Kukahiko","doi":"10.1080/1936928X.2012.746766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928X.2012.746766","url":null,"abstract":"The overrepresentation of Native Hawaiians in Hawai'i's criminal justice system is among the most stunning of ethnic/racial disparities in the state. To describe the human impact of Native Hawaiians involvement in the criminal justice system, the authors interviewed persons with criminal histories, correctional officials, social workers, and others. Findings reveal systemic challenges to prison exit and community reentry, including lack of services stipulated for release and upon reentry, marginalization associated with cultural trauma, resource deficits, and stigma. The National Association of Social Workers encourages social work leadership in policy formulation and service development. Suggested are strategies for influencing community attitudes, program access, and culturally-grounded services.","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"15 1","pages":"141 - 161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928X.2012.746766","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59936033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Letter from the Editors","authors":"Viola Vaughan-Eden, Rob P. Butters","doi":"10.1080/1936928x.2012.750913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928x.2012.750913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"73 - 73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928x.2012.750913","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59937712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial Board EOV","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/1936928x.2012.750210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1936928x.2012.750210","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":89974,"journal":{"name":"Journal of forensic social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"ebi - ebi"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/1936928x.2012.750210","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59936693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}