A negotiation analysis of risk assessment in community correction from the perspective of exchange structure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanyou Yuan ◽  
Xing Luo
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Community Correction ◽  
Negotiation Analysis ◽  
Linguistic Awareness ◽  
Exchange Structure ◽  
New Form

Abstract Community correction, as a new form of crime punishment towards restorative justice, is being widely practiced in China. This paper, adopting an ethnographic method, explores the exchange structure of risk assessment in community correction by analyzing a dataset of 12 assessments. The study finds that the risk assessment discourse is replete with the informing exchange (formulized as K1^(K2f)) and eliciting exchange (formulized as K2^K1). It further discusses how the canonical structures are invalidated and what variant structures could address the issue. These findings suggest that judicial social workers need to raise their linguistic awareness and offenders need more effective linguistic choices in order to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of risk assessment.

Reform als Produktion

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Professional Educators ◽  
Educational Partnership ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
New Form ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Scientific Pedagogy

To what extent are progressive and democratizing innovations in education to be understood as ideological? The volume explores this question and exposes the seemingly neutral, distant scientific pedagogy as a committed part of an ideology production. The authors of the volume examine this using the example of a student-oriented philosophy didactics, the theory production of early childhood education, the much discussed topic, inclusion 'and the parenting and educational partnership as a' new form 'of the relationship between private and public education. The book is aimed at professional educators and social workers in school, kindergarten and other areas, interested parents and, last but not least, their own discipline and their students. With contributions by Louisa Frintert, Ulf Sauerbrey, Michael Winkler, Michael Knoll und Steffen Großkopf

scholarly journals RESTORATIVE JUSTICE DALAM UNDANG-UNDANG SPPA: IMPLIKASINYA BAGI PEKERJAAN SOSIAL

LITIGASI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edi Suharto
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Social Welfare Services ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
And Training

Act No. 11 Year 2012 on the Juvenile Justice Systemthat now come into force, grounded in the concept of restorative justice. Restorative justice is the completion of the criminal case together relevant parties in order to seek a fair settlement with the emphasis on restoring back to its original state. To achieve this restorative justice efforts for settling disputes diversion or transfer of children from the criminal justice process to the outside of the criminal justice process. At this diversion efforts have implications for social work. If previously a social worker who has a small role for children in conflict with the law (ABH), it is now a greater role. So it is necessary to enhance the quality and quantity of social workers. Improved quality and quantity must be followed by efforts such as education and training. Institutional quality of social welfare services should also be strengthened because it is the institution that will hold ABH when diversion efforts agreed by the parties.Keyword: Restorative Justice; Diversion; Social Workers ABSTRAKUU SPPA yang sekarang mulai berlaku, berpijak pada paradigma restorative justice. Restorative justice merupakan penyelesaian perkara tindak pidana bersama-sama pihak terkait dalam rangka mencari penyelesaian yang adil dengan menekankan pemulihan kembali pada keadaan semula. Untuk mencapai keadilan restoratif ini dilakukan upaya diversi atau pengalihan penyelesaian perkara anak dari proses peradilan pidana ke proses di luar peradilan pidana. Pada upaya diversi inilah memiliki dampak bagi pekerjaan sosial. Jika sebelumnya pekerja sosial mempunyai peranan yang kecil kepada anak yang berhadapan dengan hukum (ABH), maka kini peranannya lebih besar. Sehingga dibutuhkan peningkatan kualitas maupun kuantitas. Peningkatan kualitas maupun kuantitas harus diikuti dengan upaya seperti pendidikan dan pelatihan. Kualitas kelembagaan pelayanan kesejahteraan sosial juga harus diperkuat karena lembaga inilah yang akan menampung ABH ketika upaya diversi disepakati para pihak.Kata Kunci: Restoratif Justice; Diversi; Pekerja Sosial

scholarly journals Risk Assessment and Strengths Based Case Management in Elderly Care– Scope of Social Work Practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
K Minimol
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Case Management ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Helping Process

Social workers have a significant role in ensuring the wellbeing of older people. Social work brings a range of specialized skills and methods of interventions in improving the quality of life of older adults. Conducting proper assessment is an important task of social workers while engaging in the provision of support services. In contrast to the ubiquitous deficit-based assessments, strengths-based assessments provide social work practitioners with methods to assess strengths and abilities and thereby develop strengths-based interventions. Though risk-assessment is necessary to prevent problems occurring, understanding clients’ strengths is an integral resource in the helping process. Assessments giving equal importance to risks and strengths are inevitable in formulating and implementing specific activities to facilitate their independent living in the community. This paper highlights the significance of biopsychosocial assessment, risks/strengths assessment and strengths-based case management of older adults. This paper also presents an inventory of risks and strengths reported by older adults who attended case work and counselling sessions with the author during her role as a social worker in a multidisciplinary community health care setting in Australia.

scholarly journals Morality tales: Young women’s narratives on offending, self-worth and desistance

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-334
Author(s):  
Birgit Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Female Offenders ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Self Worth ◽  
Professional Responses ◽  
Strong Woman

This article emerges from a study of female offenders’ participation in police-facilitated restorative justice in one county in England. The qualitative study presented here is based on life history interviews with 12 women and focuses on three morality tales that emerged through narrative analysis: ‘offending as play’, ‘the strong woman’ and ‘work and a normal life’. The women used these tales to protect self-worth and justify ‘bad’ behaviour in order to counter professional responses which they viewed as stigmatising. The paper concludes with implications for practice with girls and women who offend, which may benefit police, probation and social workers.

Violence risk assessment practices in Israel: a preliminary survey investigation

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-126
Author(s):  
Jay P. Singh ◽  
Rabeea Assy ◽  
Katrina I. Serpa
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Risk Assessments ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Violence Risk ◽  
Violence Risk Assessment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the violence risk assessment practices in Israel by social workers, clinical criminologists, and marriage and family therapists using a Web-based survey. Design/methodology/approach A Web-based survey and participation letter were translated into Hebrew and distributed to members of the Israel Association of Social Workers, the Israel Society of Clinical Criminology and the Israel Association for Marital and Family Therapy following the Dillman Total Design Survey Method. Findings The sample was composed of 34 professionals, who reported using structured instruments to predict and manage the likelihood of violence in over half of their risk assessments over both their lifetime and the past 12 months. Younger female respondents who entered their profession more recently were more likely to use instruments during the risk assessment process. There appeared to be a trend toward decreased use of actuarial instruments and increased use in structured professional judgment instruments. Originality/value The first national survey of violence risk assessment practices by behavioral healthcare professionals in Israel was conducted. This study revealed the risk assessment utility trends in Israel, finding that compared to professionals in North America, South America, Europe, East Asia and Australia, professionals in Israel conducted fewer risk assessments and used structured instruments less often, highlighting concern about the lack of reliance on evidence-based techniques in the country.

Child’s Religiosity, Ethnic Origin, and Gender: A Randomized Experimental Examination of Risk Assessment and Placement Decisions in Cases of Ambiguous Risk to Children From Low SES Families

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 766-774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Enosh ◽  
Hani Nouman ◽  
Chana Schneck
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Low Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Ethnic Origin ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Child Gender ◽  
Low Socioeconomic ◽  
Placement Decisions ◽  
Personal Attitudes ◽  
And Gender

Social workers are called upon as expert witnesses to assess risk to children and recommend interventions. It is hypothesized that risk assessments and decisions are influenced by the risk-to-child as well as personal attitudes and biases. We examined the role of the ethnic origin, religiosity, and child gender on assessments and recommendation. Methods: The current study used a survey-based balanced crossover experimental design. One hundred and twenty Israeli social workers responded to case descriptions of ambiguous risk cases of children from low socioeconomic status families. Design was based on eight vignettes. Manipulated factors included child’s gender, family religiosity, and ethnic origin. Participants assessed the child risk level and reported placement recommendation. Results: Male, ultraorthodox-Jewish child of Mizrahi origin had higher likelihood for risk assessment. Risk assessment predicted placement recommendation. Implications: Social workers tend to perceive child’s male gender, ultrareligiosity, and Mizrahi origin as risk factors. Such cultural biases indirectly affected the placement recommendation. Awareness of social workers regarding these potential biases may reduce the influence of heuristics on the professional decision-making process.

Two Tails of Justice

2002 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 374-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pranab Chatterjee ◽  
Amy D'Aprix
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Group Behavior ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Normal Curve ◽  
Proper Role

It is argued that justice is a form of group behavior, and that there are basically five types of justice: protective, corrective, restorative, distributive, and representational. Corrective and protective justice, for the most part, help attain social control and strengthen existing social order. Distributive and representational justice often help the marginalized and disadvantaged members of a group. Restorative justice is in the middle, and performs both functions. Thus, justice seems to have two tails, similar to that found in a normal curve in statistics. One of these tails, where corrective and protective justice help support the existing social order of groups, provides social stability. The other tail, where distributive and representational justice support the vulnerable and the marginalized members of a group, generates the thrust for social change. Social workers need to understand the proper role of both of these tails.

Mediation in the work of a family assistant

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Lewicka-Zelent
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Probation Officers ◽  
Modern Family ◽  
Social Competences

Mediation is used more and more commonly by specialists in working with other people. Its principles are used by teachers, lawyers, social workers, probation officers etc. Rarely, however, it is presented in the context of tasks performed by family assistants. The aim of the article is to reflect on the possibilities of using it by these specialists working in a family environment where institutional support is necessary. Preliminary considerations concern the specifics of the needs of the modern family and the assumptions of the restorative justice paradigm in the field of mediation – one of its constructive forms of conflict resolution. Literature review allows to indicate the place of mediation in the work of family assistants in the aspect of: formally and informally fulfilling the role of mediator, transferring knowledge about mediation to clients, developing clients’ social competences and cooperation with other family support specialists.

The pursuit of standardization in domestic violence social work: A multiple case study of how the idea of using risk assessment tools is manifested and processed in the Swedish social services

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikael Skillmark ◽  
Lotta Agevall Gross ◽  
Cecilia Kjellgren ◽  
Verner Denvall
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Multiple Case Study ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Risk Assessment Tools ◽  
Multiple Case

This multiple case study examines how the idea of using risk assessment tools is manifested and processed in Swedish social services. Based on the analysis of interviews with different stakeholders and of organizational documents in two social service organizations, we investigate the actors who control local risk assessment practices. The findings illustrate that a relatively small group of social workers in the organizations have been able to forward their claims and decide how risk assessment work should be carried out without much intrusion from local managers or politicians. The findings also validate other studies that found that increased standardization can strengthen social workers’ ability to perform their professional task rather than lead to de-professionalization. This article ends with a discussion of what risk assessment practices might mean for domestic violence victims.

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