Introduction: demystifying criminal justice social work: filling the void

Chong, Mark David;Francis, Abraham P.

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[Extract] The valuable role that a professional social worker can play in the criminal justice system (CJS) is indisputable, and this has been the case for a very long time. As highlighted by Treger and Allen (2007), the establishment of a separate juvenile court in the United States in 1899 was a watershed event, not only for youth justice advocates but also for those who were most involved in the day-to-day delivery of social work and welfare services to neglected and delinquent children in Cook County, Illinois. Given their immense contribution to the care and rehabilitation of such challenging youth, social workers would from then on become essential actors within the US CJS more generally as well. Since at least the mid-1980s, the importance of social workers has been ostensibly mirrored in the Indian juvenile justice system (JJS) (Kakar, 2015, p. 52). The juvenile justice Board (JJB) (what is essentially a children's criminal court in India) was created to adjudicate upon, and to dispose of, cases involving youth who were in conflict with the criminal law.

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Demystifying Criminal Justice Social Work in India

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Sage Publications

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