Criminal and Juvenile Legal Social Work Education Panel: National and International Perspectives

Moderator(s)

Jacoba Rock, PhD, L.C.S.W.

Clinical Faculty
Boise State University

Panelist(s)

Terry-Jan Ashton, D.S.W., L.C.S.W.

Behavioral Heath Director
DOC
Dimitra Z. Lattas, BA, MSW, MA(Res), PhD (she/her/hers)

Lecturer
University of the Sunshine Coast
Mark Plassmeyer, PhD, MSW (he/him/his)

Assistant Professor of Social Work
University of Arkansas
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Hillary Vervalin, L.C.S.W.

Ph.D. Student
Colorado State University

This collaborative panel addresses challenges, opportunities, and ethical issues faced by social workers in criminal and juvenile legal settings, including policing, courts, and corrections, nationally and internationally. Social work practitioners, educators, and scholars will explore solutions across justice-involved settings and populations, focusing on implications for social work education and training.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:

Explore practical issues and challenges faced by social workers in criminal and juvenile legal settings, and those working with justice-involved populations.
Identify social work education and training opportunities to build knowledge, skills, and values that will help social workers navigate the field effectively and ethically.
Consider the complicated role of social workers across contexts, and the future of criminal and juvenile legal social work (otherwise known as ‘forensic social work’).