SOWK 7323 - Forensic Social Work

3 hrs

This course targets the emerging practice area of forensic social work in diverse practice settings reflecting the social work roles within the legal and judicial system. The course provides a broad view of forensic social work to include knowledge and skills required to practice effectively with clients in the socio-legal environment. This includes forensic social work roles with both victims and offenders involved with child welfare, domestic violence, juvenile and adult criminal justice issues, mental health, parent facilitation, home studies, within the civil and criminal court systems. The course includes service learning and is guided by the values and principles of the social work profession, WSSS, and OLLU.
Prerequisite(s): Students must have completed all Foundation level MSW courses or be enrolled in the Advanced MSW program.
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.