Police Social Work

This revised and expanded second edition of Police Social Work provides a model for developing, implementing, and evaluating police social work and social service collaboration within the context of contemporary policing strategies.

Across 15 chapters, this book covers:

• The practice of professional social work within law enforcement agencies and the types of social problems addressed
• Ethical and other issues that arise when practicing police social work and essential knowledge and skills to address these issues
• Further clarity between the practice of police social work, police and social work collaboration and police and social service collaboration, in which the service providers are not professional social workers
• A model for developing police social work collaborations and investigating collaboration effectiveness
• Expanded roles for police social work practice such as consultation, officer selection, training recruits and police officers, and assisting their families.

Including new chapters on working with vulnerable populations; and first responder, second responder and co-responder models, this volume provides a wealth of case studies and reference material to prepare students for police social work practice, while also serving as a vital resource for police officers, recruits, and students majoring in policing.