Forensic Social Work: An Introduction

 

S.W. 530 – Section 02

Thursdays 12:40 – 3.25

Rm. 306 Henson Hall

 

 

Roger Nooe, Ph.D.

974-2349

rnooe@utk.edu

Mark Stephens, Esq.

594-6120

mstephens@pdknox.org

David A. Patterson, Ph.D.

974-7511

dpatter2@utk.edu

          Matthew Theriot, Ph.D.        974-8109             mtheriot@utk.edu

 

The contents of this syllabus are subject to change until the first day of class.

Code of Conduct:

It is the student's responsibility to have read the College of Social Work Ethical academic and Professional Conduct code that is in the College of Social Work MSSW Handbook (http://www.csw.utk.edu/)

The Honor Statement:

An essential feature of The University of Tennessee is a commitment to maintaining an atmosphere of intellectual integrity and academic honesty. As a student of the University, I pledge that I will neither knowingly give nor receive any inappropriate assistance in academic work, thus affirming my own personal commitment to honor and integrity. (Hilltopics, 2003).

Disability

If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a documented disability or if you have emergency information to share, please contact the Office of Disability Services at 191 Hoskins Library at 865-974-6087.  This will ensure that your are properly registered for services.

Snow Policy  

Class will be canceled only if the University is closed because of inclement weather. Use your own judgment concerning class attendance. Assignments due on a snow day will be due the following class session.

 

Course Description

 

This course will provide an introduction to and overview of the field of forensic social work. Course content focuses on forensic social work including ethics, roles, functions, skills; utilization of community assets; the criminal justice system; and trans-systemic interactions.  

 

Course Rationale

 

Social workers have increasing opportunities to practice in forensic settings. Recognizing the growing trend toward "community justice" which includes policing, prosecution, defense, courts, and sentencing; this course seeks to assist students to develop knowledge and skills for practice in these arenas.  Forensic social work practice requires the ethical, knowledge, and skill capacity to balance the mutual and conflicting interests of client and community. 

 

Course Objectives

 

1. Introduce forensic social work including purposes, functions, practice roles, and practice settings.

 

2. Students will know the domains of the criminal justice system and steps in the criminal prosecution.

 

3. Students will be able to identify social work values and ethics and apply these values and ethics toward resolution ethical dilemmas faced in forensic social work practice.

 

4. Students will comprehend and be able to articulate relevant theories and models of offender causation including the influence of oppression and socio-economic injustice.

 

5. Students will know the biopsychosocial assessment process including evaluation of (a) degree of criminal responsibility, (b) relevant mental and/or substance disorders, (c) collateral information including records, testing, and medical reports.

 

6. Students will understand the concept of mitigation in criminal cases and the range of roles of forensic social workers in the development mitigation related theories and materials.

 

7. Students will understand  and appreciate the knowledge and skills required to present court testimony.

 

8. Students will know the functions of forensic social workers in clinical and judicial settings offering sentencing and program alternatives.

 

Methods to Attain Objectives

 

The primary learning format will be lectures, classroom exercises, and activities, which involve all students as active learners. Class lectures and exercises are based on the understanding that readings assigned for that topic have been completed prior to class.

 

Readings

 

All readings for this course are listed in the bibliography below and are available from the Online Reserve at UT Hodges Library.   In addition to assigned articles, students are encouraged to read from recommended selections and independently from the professional journals.

 

 Assignments and Evaluation

 

Attendance and Active Participation            20%

 

Midterm Test                                                    20%

 

Paper and Presentation                                 30%

 

Final                                                                  30%

                                                                         100%

 

Paper

In this paper you are to research an area of forensic social work of interest to you. This is an opportunity to develop specialized knowledge about a particular area of forensic social work. Topics might include, but are not limited to any of the topics covered in the syllabus. If you have questions about the paper or wish to discuss possible topics, please email one of the instructors.

Students are required to submit via email a 1 page prospectus describing and outlining your proposed paper.  This is due by class time on February 2rd.

Criteria for evaluation of the papers  will include clarity, organization, synthesis of material, and overall mastery of content. Organization of your paper can enhance your grade. Papers need a beginning, middle, and an end. Introduce your topic and outline what will be covered in the paper. Use subheadings to direct the reader in the body of the paper. Summarize your conclusions at the end.

The paper must be typed and references (12 minimum) must be in APA format. The length should be 12 -20 pages and it must be submitted electronically (via email) no later than class time on April 21. Students will present a five minute synopsis of the critical points of their paper related to a particular domain of forensic social work.

 

Course Outline - *  Required readings -  ** Recommended readings - *** Resource readings

All readings are subject to change until the first day of class.

 

January 12, 2006

1. Introduction and Overview

Definition

Purpose, Function, Roles

Social work and judicial proceedings and outcomes

Legal arena

Relevant Policies

Terms and concepts

Forensic Social Work Panel Presentation

           

**Barker, R.L. & Branson, D.M. (1993).  Forensic social work: Legal aspects of professional practice.  New York: The Hawthorne Press.

 

*Miller, J.G. (1995).  Criminal Justice: Social work roles.  In R. L. Edwards (Ed.-in-Chief), Encyclopedia of Social Work (19th ed., pp. 653-659).  Washington, DC: NASW Press.

 

January 19, 2006 

2. Ethical and Value Issues 

Confidentiality

Interface between law and social work

Scenarios and discussion

*Saltzman, A. and Furman, D.M. (1999).  Law in Social Work Practice.  Chicago: Nelson-Hall. Chapter 1.

 

**Mason, M.A. (1991).  The McMartin case revisited: The conflict between social work and criminal justice.  Social Work, 36(5).

*Regehr, C., & Antle, B. (1997).  Coercive influences: Informed consent in court-mandated social work practice.  Social Work, 42, pp. 300- 301.

*Roberts, A.R. & Brownwell, P. (1999).  A century of forensic social work: Bridging the present.  Social Work, 44, 359-369.

*Rule 1-1.6 Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct [2003 Edition]
*Rule 1-1.7 Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct [2003 Edition]
*Rule 1-1.9 Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct [2003 Edition]
*Rule 5-5.3, Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct [2003 Edition]

 

January 26, 2006

3. Theories and models of offender causation

            (risk and resiliency)

                   

*Mark Cunningham, Ph.D., Capital Mitigation: Investigation and Testimony, presented at the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "Normal People Don't Commit First Degree Murder" seminar, April 2003. (These materials were prepared and presented in the context of a death penalty seminar as a mitigation topic. They contain a very informative review of Department of Justice study materials regarding "risk factors" and "offender causation" information)
.

Levitt, S. (2004) Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18 (1), 163-190.  Available on the Online@UT couse site under Documents.

 

**Williams III, F.P. & McShane, M.D. (1998).  Criminology theory: Selected classic readings (2nd ed.).  Cincinnati, OH: Anderson.

 

***Samenow, Stanton E. - The Basic Myths about Criminals (Chapter 2). - Inside the Criminal Mind (1984).

 

***Samenow, Stanton E. - To Change a Criminal (Chapter 13). - Inside the Criminal Mind (1984).

 

**Clinard, M. B., & Meier, R. F. (1995).  Sociology of deviant behavior, (9th ed.).  Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 

February 2, 2006

4. Forensic Social Workers in Public Defender Offices

            Treatment roles

            Defense team roles

            Community practice roles

           
*Cait Clarke, Problem-Solving Defender in the Community: Expanding the Conceptual and Institutional Boundaries of Providing Counsel to the Poor, The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. XIV, No. 2, Winter 2001.

 

*Mark Stephens J.D., Mining for the Nuggets of Mitigation: Risk Factors for Crime, Before the Prospecting Begins…presented at the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "Normal People Don't Commit First Degree Murder" seminar, April 2003. 

 

*Haney, C. The Social Context of Capital Murder: Social Histories and the Logic of Mitigation.  Santa Clare Law Review

           

*Mary Hoban article

 

**Patrick Berrigan & Mary Hudson Goody, Obtaining Records, Follow-up, and Case Organization, presented at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s, Life in the Balance VIII seminar, March 1996. - Class handout. Prof. Stephens will provide them.

 

**Pierce, C.T., Gleason-Wynn, P. and Miller, M.G. (2001).  Social Work and Law: A Model for Implementing Social Services in a Law Office.  Journal of Gerontological Social Work.  34(3), 61-70.

 

February 9, 2006

5. Criminal Responsibility

            Competency

            Insanity

            Diminished capacity

            Forensic Evaluation - Case Examples

*Mark Cunningham, Ph.D., Moral Culpability vs. Responsibility: Explaining the Difference, presented at the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, "Normal People Don't Commit First Degree Murder" seminar, April 2003. -Class handout. Prof. Stephens will confirm.


*David Keefe, Competency to Stand Trial, in The Fight For Life, a bulletin from the Capital Division of the Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference, Issue 5.

 

*Keefe, David - Growing Need For Early and Comprehensive Competency Investigations - Fight for Life - Issue 6.


*Robert D. Miller, M.D., Ph.D., Criminal Competence, in Forensic Evaluation and Treatment in the Criminal Justice System, a manual. (this article is used by mental health professionals at Middle Tennessee Mental Health Institute, an institution where defendant's are ordered to undergo court ordered mental health evaluations).


*Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 39-11-501 [Insanity]; and, 33-7-301 [Evaluation of Accused Believed to be Incompetent to Stand Trial-Judicial Hospitalizations].


*David Raybin, Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure §§ 28.40 [Insanity]; 14.1 [Competency]; and 28.42 [Diminished Capacity].


*Mark Ward, Tennessee Criminal Trial Practice, §§ 23.10 [Insanity]; 23.11 [Diminished Capacity]; and, 14.17 [Competency to Stand Trial]

 

February 16, 2006

6. Relevant syndromes and differential diagnoses.               

            ASP -Personality disorders

            Depressive disorders

            Psychotic disorders

            PTSD

            Sexual abuse

            Battered women syndrome

            Rape trauma syndrome

            Neurological impairment

 

*Human Rights Watch Study 2003 - Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness

 

 *Lovell, D. & Jemelka, R. (1998).  Coping with mental illness in prisons.  Family and Community Health, 21(3), 54-66.

 

*Schnapp, W.B. and Cannedy, R. (1998).  “Offenders with Mental Illness: Mental Health and Criminal Justice Best Practices”.  Administration and Policy in Mental Health.  25(4), 463-466.

 

*Lizabeth Roemer & Leslie Lebowitz, Understanding Severe Traumatization, Vol. 20, No. 1, Kentucky DPA’s The Advocate, pg. 7, January 1989.


*Donald Dutton, Witnessing Parental Violence as a Traumatic Experience Shaping the Abusive Personality, in CHILDREN EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, at 59-84, (Haworth Press, Inc., 2000).

 

*Freedman, David - Predictions of Future Dangerousness

 

*Keefe, David - Mental Health Issues and the Defense of Capital Case

**Teplin, L.A., Abram, K.M. & McClelland, G.M. (1997).  Mentally disordered women in jail: Who receives services?  American Journal of Public Health, 87(4), 604-609.


**Mark Cunningham, Ph.D., Jeannie Sternberg, J.D., & Kathleen Wayland, Ph.D., Psychologist, A Closer Look at Anti-Social Personality Disorder, presented at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s, Life in the Balance IX seminar, March 1997.


**Mark Cunningham, Ph.D., & Kathleen Wayland, Ph.D., Psychologist, Understanding and Explaining Psychological Trauma, presented at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s, Life in the Balance IX seminar, March 1997.


February 23, 2006

7.  Psychological Testing - Dr. Pamela  Auble

 

   Drug and Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Dependence

 

*Niland, J. (2003). IQ, Psychological and Personality Tests: What They Mean & When to Use Them.  National Legal Aid and Defenders Association – Life in the Balance – March 15-18, 2003. Austin, Texas.

 

*Marlowe, D.B.  (2001).  Coercive Treatment of Substance Abusing Criminal Offenders.  Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice.  1(1), 65-73.

 

*RachBeisel, J., Scott, J. & Dixson, L. (1999).  Co-Occuring Severe Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Disorders: A Review of Recent Research.  Psychiatric Services, Vol. 50, 1427-1434.

 

**Dale Watson, Ph.D., & Kathy Wayland, Ph.D., Neuropsychological and Other Testing, presented at the National Legal Aid and Defender 

 

March 2 2006

8. Assessment: interviewing and record collection

            Biopsychosocial

Genograms

            Identifying, collecting, and assimilating

            Identifying experts and interacting with

            Culture and diversity

            Report preparation

Alternative sentencing

 

Pridemore, W. A. (2004). Review of the literature on risk and protective factors of offending among Native Americans. 

Langstrom, N. (2004). Accuracy of actuarial procedures for assessment of sexual offender recidivism risk may vary across ethnicity

McCluskey, C. P., & Tovar, S. (2003).  Family processes and delinquency: The consistency of relationships by ethnicity and gender.  

Sacks, J. Y. (2004). Women with co-occurring substance use and mental disorders (COD) in the criminal justice system: A research review. 

*Converse, K. (2003). Social History Investigations.  National Legal Aid and Defenders Association – Life in the Balance – March 15-18, 2003. Austin, Texas.

 

**Madden, R.G. and Parody, M. (1997).  Between a legal rock and a practice hard place: Legal issues in “recovered memory” cases.  Clinical Social Work Journal, 25, 223-247.

 

*Robert Weimer, Fundamentals of Biopsychosocial Evaluation in Forensic Cases, Vol. 18, No.6, Kentucky’s DPA’s, The Advocate, pg. 11, November 1996.


*Frank H. Einstein, Document Checklist for Mitigation Analysis, presented at the National Legal Aid and Defender’s Life in the Balance X, March 1993.

 

 

March 9, 2006

 

9. Mitigation

            Theme development and implementation

            Cultural and environmental factors

            Identifying theories that reduce culpability

            Report preparation

Hartwell, S. (2001). Female mentally ill offenders and their community reintegration needs: An initial examination. 


Feather, N. T., & Souter, J. (2002).  Reactions to mandatory sentences in relation to the ethnic identity and criminal history of the offender.  

* Stetler, Russell - Why capital cases require mitigation specialists.

 

*Miller, Jill - Expanding the Spheres of Mitigation Evidence - Fight for Life - Issue 7.

 **A collection of materials by Jill Miller, MSW, Lee Norton, Ph.D., and Kathy Wayland, Ph.D., presented at Life in the Balance VIII, St. Louis, MO, March 1996.


**Frank H. Einstein, Document Checklist for Mitigation Analysis, presented at the National Legal Aid and Defender’s Life in the Balance X, March 1993.


*Katy C. O’Donnell J.D., Presenting Mitigation Evidence in the Guilt Phase, presented at the National Legal Aid and Defender’s Life in the Balance.VIII, March 1996.


*Craig Haney, The Social Context of Capital Murder: Social Histories and the Logic of Mitigation. 35 Santa Clara L. Rev.547 (1995)


*Mark Cunningham, Ph.D., Future Dangerousness, presented at the National Legal Aid and Defender Associations - Life in the Balance.

 

*Andrews, A.B. (1991).  Social work expert testimony regarding mitigation in capital sentencing proceedings.  Social Work, 36(5).

 

*Guin, Noble, and Merrill – From Misery to Mission: Forensic social workers on multidisciplinary mitigation teams

 

*Madden and Wayne – Social work and the law: A therapeutic jurisprudence perspective.

 

March 16, 2006-Midterm Due

10. Midterm Test Review and Break out preparation for class exercise.


March 23, 2006 - Spring Break

 

March 30, 2006

11. Class Exercise

 

*Gothard, S. (1989a).  Power in the court: The social worker as an expert witness.  Social Work, 34, 65.

 

*Saltzman, A. and Furman, D.M. (1999).  Law in Social Work Practice.  Chicago: Nelson-Hall. Chapters 2 and 3

*Jodie English, Presenting Effects of Psychological Trauma to the Jury, presented at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s, Life in the Balance XII seminar, March 2000.

 ***Barsky, A.E. and Gould, S.W. (2002).  Clinicians In Court: A Guide to Subpoenas, Depositions, Testifying and Everything Else You Need to Know.  New York: Guilford Press.

 

April 6, 2006

11. Testifying  - 

            Preparing the expert –

            Report preparation

            Presenting mitigation

            Case Example Video

 

*Cait Clarke, Problem-Solving Defender in the Community: Expanding the Conceptual and Institutional Boundaries of Providing Counsel to the Poor, The Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, Vol. XIV, No. 2, Winter 2001.
[See: week 4]

 

**Jenkins, L.A. (1995).  Pre-trial diversion strategies for drug involved offenders: Focus on social work involvement.  Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 22, 129-140

 

*Lamb, R.H., Weinberger, L.E., & Gross, B.H. (1999).  Community Treatment of Severely Mentally Ill Offenders Under the Jurisdiction of the Criminal Justice System: A Review.  Psychiatric Services, Vol. 50, 907 - 913.

 

**Lindhorst, D.M. (1999).  Treatment of Forensic Patients: An Expanding Role for Public Psychiatric Hospitals.  Health and Social Work.  24(1), 18-27.

 

*Rosekes, E., Feldman, R., Arrington, S., & Leisher, M. (1999).  A Model Program for the treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders in the Community.  Community Mental Health Journal, Vol. 35, 461-472. 

 

*Steadman, H.J., Morris, S.M. & Dennis, D.L. (1995).  The diversion of mentally ill persons from jails to community-based services: A profile of programs.  American Journal of Public Health, 85(12), 1630-1635.

 

*Talbot, Margaret - The Executioner's I.Q. Test - The New York Times Magazine - June 29, 2003.

 

 April 13, 2006

12. Interventions and venues -Guess Speakers

Mental health courts

Drug courts

 

 

April 20, 2006 - Paper Due!

13. Review and Integration

     Community Law office – Final meeting of class at the Comm. Law office

      

 

April 27, 2006 Paper Presentations


14. Final Available Online until May 4, 2006


 

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