New Research Shows Bail Reform is the Key Fix for Jail Overcrowding
Could bail reform be the answer to changing the trajectory of America’s current problem with mass incarceration? That question is ...
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Innocent African-Americans More Likely to Be Wrongfully Convicted
African-American prisoners who were convicted of murder are about 50 percent more likely to be innocent than other convicted murderers ...
Social Work Silent as Proposed Legislation Strips Their Peers in Puerto Rico of Democracy
Legislation that voids millions of American citizens of its Constitutional right to have a democratic government has been introduced to ...
Protecting Young People Online: Negative Practices Parents, Carers and Professionals Should Know
Just like there are laws we have to abide and adhere to everyday, it is also a similar set of ...
The ABLE Act Explained: Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE)
The Achieving a Better Life Experience Act (ABLE) was signed into law by the President on December 19, 2014. Tax-free ...
Clare’s Law: Background Checks for Partners
International Women’s Day 2014 saw the Domestic Violence Scheme, better known as Clare’s Law, applied nationally throughout the United Kingdom. ...
Diagnosis Disclosure in the Workplace
Deciding whether or not to disclose about your mental illness in the workplace can put you in a very compromising ...
Long Term Disability: Understanding the Process
Seal of the United States Social Security Administration. It appears on Social Security cards. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Disability rulings are ...
Parenting Troubled Teens: Indications of their Cry for Help
It can sometimes be difficult for parents to determine the difference between normal teenage mood swings and having a troubled ...
Disability Claim Approved! Winning the Appeals Process for SSI
Social Security Administration Most anyone who has gone through the Social Security or SSI disability system finds out how challenging ...
Government Shutdown Is Over But What Does It Mean
After 16 days of a government shutdown, the House finally allowed a vote which resulted in the passage of bi-partisan bill ...
Lawmakers Arrested: March on Washington for Immigration Reform
With the government shutdown, gun control, and the roll out of Obamacare, immigration reform appears to have taken a back ...
Government Shutdown: Why Can’t the White House and Congress Get Along?
I have found that negotiation and mediation are advocacy tools that successful social workers use to bring about change within individual ...
Conversion Therapy on Minors Made Illegal in New Jersey
by Polly-Gean Cox, LCSWA Monday August 19th, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey declared the practice of conversion therapy on ...
How to End the War on Drugs
Post by SCSJ Staff Attorney Daryl Atkinson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJGNJVIq37A In a speech to the American Bar Association on August 12, 201,3 ...
Racial Profiling Is Alive And Well In The United States
The George Zimmerman trial is one of the most hotly contested issues in the country today, with large portions of ...
What is Domestic Violence
When most people hear the term “domestic violence”, they think of a physical altercation between a couple or a family ...
North Carolina Voter ID Bill in the National Spotlight
By Shoshannah Sayers, Deputy Director The North Carolina General Assemby recently passed a new set of voting rules that will ...
Moral Monday Showdown is Just Getting Started
by Deona Hooper, MSW During the 2012 election, I remember riding in my middle class neighborhood seeing all the Mitt ...
Voting Rights Act, Privileges, and Immunities of United States Constitution
As I scanned newspaper opinions on the recent US Supreme Court's decision to strike down section 4 of Voting Rights ...
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What Feelings Are In Your Heart: An Art Therapy Exercise for Kids
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Ending the Therapeutic Relationship: Creative Termination Activities
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Ethical Dilemmas Facing Mental Health Social Workers
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Life After Addiction Treatment: How to Fill the Void During Recovery
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Why Work Requirements Will Not Improve Medicaid
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