Where Are All the Young Men and Women of Color?: Capacity Enhancement Practice in the Criminal Justice System

by Melvin Delgado

Overview

When it comes to social work practice in community outreach programs, in juvenile detention centres, in prisons, in parole and probation programs, and in the inner cities, Melvin Delgado asks the question: Where are all the young men and women of color? Although many urban residents, especially persons of color, are or have been involved in the juvenile and/or criminal justice system, the topic of criminal offenders and ex-offenders has been much neglected by the human services literature. This book stands as the only work to discuss correctional supervision and the needs of individuals in a nonprescriptive manner, marking a shift toward a capacity enhancement, or strengths perspective, approach— specifically what are the strengths of individuals and how can they capitalize on them? Delgado includes a section of reflections from the field that applies capacity enhancement principles and methods to case studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231120401
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	09/26/2001
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	7.96(w) x 8.14(h) x 0.95(d)
Lexile:	1360L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Melvin Delgado is professor of social work and chair of the macropractice at Boston University. His previous books include New Arenas for Community Social Practice with Urban Youth, Community Social Work Practice in the Urban Context, Social Work Practice in Nontraditional Settings, Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos, Social Services in Latino Communities, and Latino Elders in the Twenty-first Century.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Part 1. Setting the Stage
1. Setting the Context
2. Incarceration Profiles and Trends
3. Substance Abuse and Incarceration
4. The Impact of Correctional Supervision: A Multifaceted Perspective
Part 2. Capacity Enhancement Concepts and Practice
5. Capacity Enhancement Practice: Key Concepts, Principles, and Goals
6. A Framework for Capacity Enhancement Practice with the Correctionally Supervised
Part 3. Reflections from the Field
7. Case Study Method
8. AIDS Counseling Education, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, New York
9. Reading Academy, Maryland
10. Experimental Gallery, Children's Museum, Seattle, Washington
11. Delancey Street, San Francisco, California
12. People Animals Love, Washington, D.C.
13. Summit House, Greensboro, North Carolina
14. Moving Ahead Program, St. Francis House, Boston
15. Women's Prison Association, New York City
16. Bliss Unlimited, Glendale, California
17. The Program for Female Offenders, Pittsburgh, PA
18. Reflections on Case Studies
Part 4. Lessons, Recommendations, and Reflections
19. Lessons for Social Work Practice
20. Lessons for Social Work Education
Appendix
References
Subject Index
Name Index

Editorial Reviews

Delgado offers a reality-based view of the many challenges of correctional supervision in 'communities of color.'

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