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Essential Law for Social Workers
Robert Madden
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Description for Essential Law for Social Workers
Hardback. This text explores legal concepts, legal reasoning and legal processes - illustrated with case vignettes from social work practice - in order to provide social work practitioners and students with practical and accessible legal knowledge. Series: Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN; LAY; LNTH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
Whether protecting their own rights or those of their clients, or navigating the juvenile justice, immigration, or welfare systems, social workers confront legal issues every day. This book explores legal concepts, legal reasoning, and legal processes-illustrated with case vignettes from social work practice-in order to provide social work practitioners and students with practical and accessible legal knowledge. It introduces readers to scholarship about the law and to conceptual knowledge that can be applied to any interaction with the legal system. Social workers are thereby enabled to "think like a lawyer" and increase their effectiveness. The volume features a discussion of ... Read more
Whether protecting their own rights or those of their clients, or navigating the juvenile justice, immigration, or welfare systems, social workers confront legal issues every day. This book explores legal concepts, legal reasoning, and legal processes-illustrated with case vignettes from social work practice-in order to provide social work practitioners and students with practical and accessible legal knowledge. It introduces readers to scholarship about the law and to conceptual knowledge that can be applied to any interaction with the legal system. Social workers are thereby enabled to "think like a lawyer" and increase their effectiveness. The volume features a discussion of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Foundations of Social Work Knowledge Series
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231123204
SKU
V9780231123204
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About Robert Madden
Robert G. Madden is a professor of social work at Saint Joseph College and a consultant for the Children's Law Center. He is the author of Legal Issues in Social Work and Counseling and Mental Health.
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