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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811216303321

Titolo

Practicing social justice / / John J. Stretch. [et al.], editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-135-79371-9

0-203-72550-6

1-299-28735-2

1-135-79364-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StretchJohn J

Disciplina

303.3/72

Soggetti

Social work with people with social disabilities

Social justice

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Co-published simultaneously as Social thought, Volume 22, Numbers 2/3 2003."

First published: Binghamton, N.Y. : Haworth Press, 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Practicing Social Justice; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; The Right of Justice: Contributions of Social Work Practice-Research; Whose Justice? An Examination of Nine Models of Justice; Practicing Social Justice: Community-Based Research, Education, and Practice; On Becoming a Social Justice Practitioner; The Race/Poverty Intersection: Will We Ever Achieve Liberty and Justice for All?; Building Bridges and Improving Racial Harmony: An Evaluation of the Bridges Across Racial Polarization ProgramĀ®; Social Justice and Welfare Reform: A Shift in Policy

""Human-Sized"" Economic Development: Innovations in MissouriThe Homeless in Missouri in the '90s: A Continuing Challenge to Social Justice; Immigrant and Refugee Communities: Resiliency, Trauma, Policy, and Practice; Doing Justice: Women Ex-Offenders as Group Facilitators, Advocates, and Community Educators; Practicing Social Justice with Persons with Mental Illness Residing in Psychiatric Hospitals; Youth Who Murder and Societal Responsibility: An Issue of Social Justice; Children of High-Conflict Custody Disputes: Striving for Social Justice in Adult-Focused Litigation



Practicing Social Justice with Persons with Developmental Disabilities Who Enter the Criminal Justice SystemIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Examine new research and innovative programs targeted to serve vulnerable populations!  This collection highlights innovative programs and interventions targeted toward underserved, vulnerable, and marginalized populations, including the homeless, immigrants, refugees, female ex-offenders, people with developmental disabilities who are entering the criminal justice system, homicidal youth, and children whose parents are involved in high-conflict custody disputes. In addition, Practicing Social Justice raises critical questions on how society should justly provide for the economic well-