A case for social workers as investigators in public defender offices.

Autor/in	Hurd, Amy L.
Titel	A case for social workers as investigators in public defender offices.
Quelle	In: Social work, 68 (2023) 3, S. 212-221Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Abbildungen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-8046; 1545-6846
DOI	10.1093/sw/swad019
Schlagwörter	Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Strafverfahren; Strafverteidigung; Ausbildung; Bewerbung; Soziale Arbeit; Staatsanwalt; USA
Abstract	Social workers play a critical role in modern public defender offices, whether performing mitigation work for pretrial negotiations and sentencing hearings or helping clients to secure access to basic human needs. Although social workers have held in-house positions in public defender offices since at least the 1970s, their service is largely limited to mitigation practice and traditional social work. This article raises an opportunity for social workers to broaden their capacity within public defense by pursuing investigator positions. A case is made for interested social workers to draw upon their education, training, and experience to showcase the alignment between their talents and the requisite skills and performance required of investigative work. Evidence is offered to support the notion that social workers bring skills and a social justice orientation to investigative work that can provide for fresh insight and innovation in investigation and defense strategy. The value brought to investigation by social workers throughout a legal defense is specified, as are considerations for applying and interviewing for investigator positions as social workers.
Erfasst von	Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen, Berlin
Update	2024/1