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Probation and the community : a practice and policy reader / by Harding, John,1940-(CARDINAL)338024;
Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Subjects: Probation; Criminals; Social work with criminals;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The maximum security book club : reading literature in a men's prison / by Brottman, Mikita,1966-author.(CARDINAL)639606;
Introduction -- Heart of darkness -- "Bartleby, the scrivener: a story of Wall Street" -- Ham on rye -- Junkie -- On the yard -- Macbeth -- Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- "The black cat" -- The metamorphosis -- Lolita -- Afterword."A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men's prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them--Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran. On sabbatical from teaching literature to undergraduates, and wanting to educate a different kind of student, Mikita Brottman starts a book club with a group of convicts from the Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland. She assigns them ten dark, challenging classics--including Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Poe's story "The Black Cat," and Nabokov's Lolita--books that don't flinch from evoking the isolation of the human struggle, the pain of conflict, and the cost of transgression. Although Brottman is already familiar with these works, the convicts open them up in completely new ways. Their discussions may "only" be about literature, but for the prisoners, everything is at stake. Gradually, the inmates open up about their lives and families, their disastrous choices, their guilt and loss. Brottman also discovers that life in prison, while monotonous, is never without incident. The book club members struggle with their assigned reading through solitary confinement; on lockdown; in between factory shifts; in the hospital; and in the middle of the chaos of blasting televisions, incessant chatter, and the constant banging of metal doors. Though The Maximum Security Book Club never loses sight of the moral issues raised in the selected reading, it refuses to back away from the unexpected insights offered by the company of these complex, difficult men. It is a compelling, thoughtful analysis of literature--and prison life--like nothing you've ever read before"--
Subjects: Prisoners; Social work with criminals; Prison libraries;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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The maximum security book club [sound recording] : reading literature in a men's prison / by Brottman, Mikita,1966-author.(CARDINAL)639606; Crick, Beverley,narrator.;
Introduction -- Heart of darkness -- "Bartleby, the scrivener: a story of Wall Street" -- Ham on rye -- Junkie -- On the yard -- Macbeth -- Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- "The black cat" -- The metamorphosis -- Lolita -- Afterword.Read by Beverley Crick."A riveting account of the two years literary scholar Mikita Brottman spent reading literature with criminals in a maximum-security men's prison outside Baltimore, and what she learned from them--Orange Is the New Black meets Reading Lolita in Tehran. On sabbatical from teaching literature to undergraduates, and wanting to educate a different kind of student, Mikita Brottman starts a book club with a group of convicts from the Jessup Correctional Institution in Maryland. She assigns them ten dark, challenging classics--including Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Shakespeare's Macbeth, Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Poe's story "The Black Cat," and Nabokov's Lolita--books that don't flinch from evoking the isolation of the human struggle, the pain of conflict, and the cost of transgression. Although Brottman is already familiar with these works, the convicts open them up in completely new ways. Their discussions may "only" be about literature, but for the prisoners, everything is at stake. Gradually, the inmates open up about their lives and families, their disastrous choices, their guilt and loss. Brottman also discovers that life in prison, while monotonous, is never without incident. The book club members struggle with their assigned reading through solitary confinement; on lockdown; in between factory shifts; in the hospital; and in the middle of the chaos of blasting televisions, incessant chatter, and the constant banging of metal doors. Though The Maximum Security Book Club never loses sight of the moral issues raised in the selected reading, it refuses to back away from the unexpected insights offered by the company of these complex, difficult men. It is a compelling, thoughtful analysis of literature--and prison life--like nothing you've ever read before"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Prisoners; Social work with criminals; Prison libraries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Report of the Governor's Advisory Committee on Youth Development. by North Carolina.Governor's Advisory Committee on Youth Development.(CARDINAL)187809;
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; Criminal justice, Administration of; Social work with juvenile delinquents;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Assessing the youthful offender : issues and techniques / by Hoge, Robert D.,1939-(CARDINAL)293054; Andrews, D. A.(Donald Arthur),1941-(CARDINAL)187293;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-128) and indexes.
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; Psychodiagnostics.; Criminal psychology.; Forensic psychiatry.; Juvenile delinquency; Social work with juvenile delinquents.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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101 careers in social work / by Ritter, Jessica A.(CARDINAL)493410; Vakalahi, Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue.(CARDINAL)481344;
Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- Acknowledgment -- The profession of social work -- What is social work? -- Got social work? -- Follow the yellow brick road: education and licensure for social workers -- Careers in social work -- Careers in child welfare -- School-based and school-linked services -- Social work with older adults -- Social work in health care -- Social work in mental health and addiction -- Careers in crisis intervention -- Careers in criminal justice & the legal arena -- Careers in international social work and human rights -- Careers in poverty and homelessness -- Careers in the political arena -- Careers in community practice -- Leadership in human service organizations -- Careers in research and academia -- "Out of the box" social work careers -- Where do we go from here? -- Paying for your social work education -- Job hunting tips -- Epilogue -- Index.
Subjects: Social service; Vocational guidance; Job hunting;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The paper daughters of Chinatown [sound recording] by Moore, Heather B.,author.(CARDINAL)838952; Wu, Nancy,narrator.(CARDINAL)471726;
Read by Nancy Wu.In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco is a booming city with a dark side, one in which a powerful underground organization-- the criminal tong--buys and sells young Chinese women into prostitution and slavery. These "paper daughters," so called because fake documents gain them entry to America but leave them without legal identity, generally have no recourse. But the Occidental Mission Home for Girls is one bright spot of hope and help.
Subjects: Audio books on compact discs.; Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Cameron, Donaldina MacKenzie, 1869-1968; Chinese; Social work with prostitutes; Women social reformers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Mayor of the Tenderloin : Del Seymour's journey from living on the streets to fighting homelessness in San Francisco / by Owings, Alison,Author(DLC)n 92111410 ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258)."The unforgettable account of Del Seymour, who overcame 18 years of homelessness and addiction to become one of the most respected advocates in San Francisco In the Mayor of Tenderloin, journalist Alison Owings slips behind the cold statistics and sensationalism surrounding San Francisco's Tenderloin to reveal a harrowing and life-affirming account of Del Seymour--whose addiction led him into eighteen years of homelessness, pimping, and drug dealing. Once sober, he started Tenderloin Walking Tours and later Code Tenderloin, the remarkable organization teaching homeless, recovering addicts, sex workers, dealers, ex-felons, and other marginalized people how to get and keep a job. Owings traces Del's story and those in his orbit: from his daughters, sobriety buddy, and ex-girlfriend, to a police captain and a psychiatric social worker, housing activists and corporate philanthropists, and Del's Code Tenderloin students. In the Tenderloin, in a city known for its beauty and currently infamous for its divide between haves and have-nots, Owings highlights how Del gives back to people struggling with the same daunting setbacks--including a criminal record--he once faced. Honest and compelling, The Mayor of Tenderloin follows homelessness in one of America's toughest neighborhoods as it was lived--in the words of someone who lived it and is now fighting to solve it"--.
Subjects: Biographies; Seymour, Del.; Homelessness; Drug addiction; Social work with the homeless; Social work with drug addicts;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Torn apart : how the child welfare system destroys Black families--and how abolition can build a safer world / by Roberts, Dorothy E.,1956-author.(CARDINAL)382600;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-360) and index.Introduction : A benevolent terror -- Destroying Black families -- "They separate children at the Harlem border, too" -- Professional kidnappers -- Rotten at the root -- Strong-armed -- The foster-industrial complex -- Family surveillance -- Carceral entanglements -- Structured to harm -- Criminalizing Black children -- Care in place of terror."An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change. Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers, this system is designed to punish Black families. Drawing on decades of research, legal scholar and sociologist Dorothy Roberts reveals that the child welfare system is better understood as a 'family policing system' that collaborates with law enforcement and prisons to oppress Black communities. Child protection investigations ensnare a majority of Black children, putting their families under intense state surveillance and regulation. Black children are disproportionately likely to be torn from their families and placed in foster care, driving many to juvenile detention and imprisonment. The only way to stop the destruction caused by family policing, Torn Apart argues, is to abolish the child welfare system and liberate Black communities"--
Subjects: Child welfare; African American families; African American families; Racism in social services; Social work with African American children.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Growing up with autism : working with school-age children and adolescents / by Gabriels, Robin L.,1962-editor.(CARDINAL)668070; Hill, Dina E.,1965-editor.(CARDINAL)668067;
Includes bibliographical references and index.I. The individual with autism. Understanding behavioral and emotional issues in autism / Robin L. Gabriels -- Medical health assessment and treatment issues in autism / Edward Goldson and Margaret Bauman -- Sexuality and autism: individual, family, and community perspectives and interventions / Robin L. Gabriels and Mary E. Van Bourgondien -- Communication and language issues in less able school-age children with autism / Diane Twachtman-Cullen and Jennifer Twachtman-Reilly -- Sensory processing disorders in children with autism: nature, assessment, and intervention / Eynat Gal, Sharon A. Cermak, and Ayelet Ben-Sasson -- Assistive technology as an aid in reducing social impairments in autism / Ofer Golan, Paul G. LaCava, and Simon Baron-Cohen. II. Family and caregivers of the individual with autism. Advocating for services: legal issues confronting parents and guardians / Wayne Steedman -- Family resources during the school-age years / April W. Block and Stephen R. Block -- Family vacations and leisure time: considerations and accommodations / Sharon Lerner-Baron. III. Community aspects of intervention. Building a foundation for successful school transitions and educational placement / Ramona Noland, Nancy Cason, and Alan Lincoln -- Translating early intervention into positive outcomes / Laurie Sperry and Gary Mesibov -- School consultation and interventions for middle school and high school students with autism / Brian R. Lopez ... [et al.] -- Criminal justice issues and autistic disorders / Alicia V. Hall ... [et al.].The book is organized to address the many contexts of children's lives. It explores the changing needs of the individual with autism, traces the ongoing impact on the family, and provides strategies for making the most of available community resources. Each chapter combines an accessible review of the research with clear suggestions for assessment and intervention.
Subjects: Autism in children.; Autism in adolescence.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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