1st Edition

Police Social Work Social Work Practice in Law Enforcement Agencies

By George T. Patterson Copyright 2022
250 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Grounded in contemporary social work practice approaches such as trauma-informed practice, cultural competency, and systems theory, this book provides a model for developing, implementing, and evaluating police social work and social service collaboration within the context of contemporary policing strategies. The practice of professional social work in law enforcement agencies is increasingly... Read more

Chapter 1 - An Overview of Law Enforcement Agencies

Chapter 2 - The Service Law Enforcement Function

Chapter 3 - Police Social Work

Chapter 4 - Critical Issues in Police Social Work

Chapter 5 - Specialist Police Social Work Practice

Chapter 6 - POLICE: A Model for the Development, Implementation and Evaluation of Police Social Work Collaboration

Chapter 7 - Child Maltreatment

Chapter 8 - Domestic Violence

Chapter 9 - Victims of Crime

Chapter 10 - Mental Health

Chapter 11 - Juveniles

Chapter 12 - International Police and Social Work, and Police and Social Service Collaborations

Chapter 13 - The Future of Police Social Work

Biography

George T. Patterson is Associate Professor in the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York. A certified police instructor and police social worker, Dr. Patterson has served as a visiting professor and curriculum advisor in several law enforcement training academies, trained police officers and recruits, and teaches criminal justice courses to social work students. He has published on the topics of police social work, the stress of police work, and coping among police officers and recruits. His written testimony is included in the May 2015 Final Report of the Task Force on 21st Century Policing established by President Barack Obama, and his research results are included in An Evidence-Assessment of the Recommendations of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing.