Forensic social work according to the National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW) is defined as the “application of social work principles to questions and issues relating to law and legal system” (What is Forensic Soc., n.d., para 2). Stating that forensic social workers are concerned with various types of litigation, such as: evaluating criminal and civil competency, court-ordered psychotherapy, evaluation of suitability to parent, child and adult custody evaluation, mediation services, probation and parole services, domestics, child abduction and many more (Munson, 2011, p. 37). Forensic social work is a developing field of practice which has been evolving in the last 30 years that plays a huge role in issues that are rapidly occurring
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2). Intervention is sometimes focused around an individual, family, group or within a community depending on the purpose of the intervention. As advocates for human rights, forensic social workers have a set of intervention strategies used to engage into these issues (Maschi & Killian, 2011). Some intervention strategies include “working with local, regional, and national organizations to promote, develop, and implement needed changes in policy, planning, and programing on human rights issues, recognize and adapt existing services to maximize effectiveness, develop and involve appropriate and qualified leaders from the community to identify, plan, and implement needed services and advocacy efforts, develop self-capacities of those disadvantaged in their human rights form alliances with liked-minded social and political movements” (Maschi & Killian, 2011, p. 24). Now working directly with the clients will include strategies that are different because the level of focus can vary such as micro, mezzo and macro levels. Intervention strategies made by MacFarlane and Bulkley's for an example used “rehabilitation and the threat of incarceration as the primary mechanisms of intervention, requiring mandatory treatment for alleged offenders with counseling and other services offered to the victim and the victim's family” (Skibinski, Connor & Yuen, 2005, p. 39). Alleged offenders such as the ones being accused of child sexual
2). Intervention is sometimes focused around an individual, family, group or within a community depending on the purpose of the intervention. As advocates for human rights, forensic social workers have a set of intervention strategies used to engage into these issues (Maschi & Killian, 2011). Some intervention strategies include “working with local, regional, and national organizations to promote, develop, and implement needed changes in policy, planning, and programing on human rights issues, recognize and adapt existing services to maximize effectiveness, develop and involve appropriate and qualified leaders from the community to identify, plan, and implement needed services and advocacy efforts, develop self-capacities of those disadvantaged in their human rights form alliances with liked-minded social and political movements” (Maschi & Killian, 2011, p. 24). Now working directly with the clients will include strategies that are different because the level of focus can vary such as micro, mezzo and macro levels. Intervention strategies made by MacFarlane and Bulkley's for an example used “rehabilitation and the threat of incarceration as the primary mechanisms of intervention, requiring mandatory treatment for alleged offenders with counseling and other services offered to the victim and the victim's family” (Skibinski, Connor & Yuen, 2005, p. 39). Alleged offenders such as the ones being accused of child sexual