Latin American Social Work in the Justice System (Springer Series in International Social Work)

Acknowledgment
Contents
About the Editors
Editors
Contributors
Part I: Introduction
	Chapter 1: Latin American Social Work Practice in the Justice System
		1.1 Social Work in Civil and Criminal Matters
		1.2 Forensic Social Work or Sociolegal Social Work
			1.2.1 Practitioners’ Pre-sentence Role in Civil Matters
			1.2.2 Practitioners’ Post-sentence Role in Civil Matters
			1.2.3 Practitioners’ Pre-sentence Role in Criminal Matters
			1.2.4 Practitioners’ Post-sentence Role in Criminal Matters
		References
Part II: Forensic and Sociolegal Social Work in Latin America
	Chapter 2: Family Courts in Chile and the Evolution of Sociolegal Social Work
		2.1 Childhood a Residual Figure: The Juvenile in an Irregular Situation
		2.2 State Intervention: Sociolegal Social Work
		2.3 First Stage State Intervention: Emergence of the Category of Irregular Minorities and the Shift from Charity to Welfare in State Intervention
		2.4 Second Stage: Juvenile Guardianship System. From the Social Visitors to the Social Judicial Assistants and the Modernization of the Intervention of the State
		2.5 Third Stage: Professionalization of Justice System Social Workers and the Internment of Minors as State Intervention
		2.6 Fourth Stage: Integral Protection Doctrine and the Elimination of Justice System Social Workers in the Family Courts
		2.7 The Emergence of the Technical Council and Its Rationale in the Discussion of the Family Courts Law Project
		2.8 The Concept of “Psychosocial”
		2.9 The Technical Council
		2.10 The Social Worker and Their Role as a Technical Advisor
		2.11 Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 3: The Role of Work Product Review and Consultancy in Forensic Social Work
		3.1 Temporary Scope of Forensic Roles
		3.2 Role of Consultant-Reviewer in Forensic Practice
		3.3 Review Processes
		3.4 The Review Processes
		3.5 Conclusions
		3.6 Recommendations
		3.7 Final Thoughts
		References
	Chapter 4: Forensic Social Work: The Construction of Possible Ways of Conducting a Criminal Intervention
		4.1 Introduction
		4.2 The Socio-geographical and Historical Context of Intervention
		4.3 Institutional Legal Organization
		4.4 The Judiciary of the Province of Buenos Aires
		4.5 The Expert Task of Social Workers
		4.6 The Expert Intervention of Social Workers in the Criminal Courts
		4.7 HCR 20, Version 3 (History, Clinic, and Risk): Violence Risk Assessment
		References
	Chapter 5: Sociolegal Social Work in the Field of Criminal Defense
		5.1 Introduction
		5.2 Professional Work
			5.2.1 The Work of the Social Worker in Criminal Defense
		5.3 Social Work and Access to Criminal Justice
		5.4 Social Work, Social Justice, and Human Rights
		5.5 Methodology
			5.5.1 Participants
		5.6 Instruments
		5.7 Procedure
		5.8 Analysis of Data
		5.9 Results
			5.9.1 Professional Work
				5.9.1.1 Recognition of Needs and Demands
				5.9.1.2 Understanding the Phenomena and Possible Solutions
				5.9.1.3 Networking
				5.9.1.4 Intervention
				5.9.1.5 Ethical Component
		5.10 Barriers to Accessing Justice in the Context of Criminal Defense in Chile
			5.10.1 Vulnerable People and People Whose Rights Have Already Been Violated
		5.11 Final Thoughts and Findings
			5.11.1 Social Workers
			5.11.2 Public Criminal Defense
			5.11.3 Legislative and Judicial Criminal Justice Policies
		5.12 Limitations
		References
Part III: Forensic and Sociolegal Social Work with Family and Community
	Chapter 6: Family and Community Life: Contributions of Social Work to the Debate in Family Courts
		6.1 Introduction
		6.2 Policies for Childhood, Youth, and Family in the Construction of the Neoliberal State: Familism and the Principle of the Best Interest of the Child
			6.2.1 The Right to Family and Community Life in Family Courts: The Social Construction of Problematic Families
		6.3 Final Considerations
		References
	Chapter 7: Support to Victims in High-Conflict Scenarios: An Approach from Sociolegal, Pedagogical, and Care Perspectives
		7.1 Introduction
		7.2 Support Victims from the Sociolegal Perspective
		7.3 Reading of Accompaniment from Care in Dialogue with the Sociolegal
		7.4 Pedagogical Strategy of Care: Scenario to Strengthen the Tools of Sociolegal and Psychosocial Agency in Victims and Companions
		7.5 Conclusions
		References
Part IV: Forensic and Sociolegal Social Work with Youth and Women
	Chapter 8: The Assessment of Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse Allegations from a Social Work Perspective
		8.1 Introduction
		8.2 Conceptualization of Forensic Social Work
		8.3 The Importance of Best Practices
		8.4 Conceptualization of Child and Adolescent Sexual Abuse
		8.5 Assessment Models of Child Sexual Abuse Allegations
			8.5.1 Interview Children Model
			8.5.2 Parent–Child Observation Model
			8.5.3 Child Observation Model
			8.5.4 Comprehensive Model
		8.6 The Evaluator’s Characteristics
		8.7 Scope of the Assessment of Child Sexual Abuse
		8.8 Methodology in ACASAA
		8.9 Importance of Knowing Individual and Family History in ACASAA
		8.10 Collateral Interviews
			8.10.1 Professional Interviews
			8.10.2 Family Interview
			8.10.3 Interview of Person Whom the Child Has Accused of Abuse or Who Has Knowledge of It
			8.10.4 Alleged Offender Interview
		8.11 Evaluation of Hypotheses of ACASAA
			8.11.1 Hypothesizing: Best Practices Are Framed as Legally Defensible
			8.11.2 Multiple Hypotheses
			8.11.3 Alternative Hypotheses
		8.12 Interview Guidelines of ACASAA
			8.12.1 Interview Step by Step (Based on the Reduction of Trauma)
			8.12.2 NCAC Forensic Interview Protocol (National Children’s Advocacy Center, 2019)
			8.12.3 Revised Investigative Interview Protocol (Version 2018) from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
			8.12.4 Ten Steps (Lyon, 2005)
		8.13 Child Forensic Interview of ACASAA
			8.13.1 Recording Forensic Interviews
		8.14 Forensic Analysis of ACASSA
		8.15 Assessment’s Conclusion of ACASAA
		8.16 Importance of Recommendations Focused on the Best Interest of the Child
		8.17 Final Thoughts
		References
	Chapter 9: Decision-Making Related to Termination of Parental Rights: A Case Study of Child Protection in Chile
		9.1 Introduction
		9.2 History of TPR and Adoption in Chile
		9.3 Current Process to Terminate Parental Rights
		9.4 Bias in Decision-Making
		9.5 Current Study
			9.5.1 Method
		9.6 Data Analysis
		9.7 Positionality
			9.7.1 Results
		9.8 Focusing on the Child’s Rights
		9.9 “Not Wasting Time”
		9.10 Addressing Contextual Vulnerability
			9.10.1 Discussion
		9.11 Internalized/Interpersonal Biases
		9.12 Institutional/Structural Bias
		9.13 Limitations
		9.14 Implications
		References
	Chapter 10: Fundamentals and Professional Practices in Uruguay’s Juvenile Justice System
		10.1 Preliminary Theoretical Remarks
		10.2 Current Regulatory Regression in Juvenile Criminal Matters
		10.3 Signs of an Institutional Framework in Permanent Crisis
		10.4 On Crises and Reforms
		10.5 Methodological Concerns
		10.6 Some Keys to Reading the Fundamentals and Professional Practices in the Juvenile Justice System
		10.7 Final Remarks
		References
	Chapter 11: Differences and Similarities in Juvenile Criminal Law: A Comparison Between Chile and Mexico
		11.1 Introduction
		11.2 Juvenile Judicial System in Chile and Mexico
			11.2.1 Chile
				11.2.1.1 Characteristics of the Adolescent Criminal Responsibility Law: Law N° 20,084
				11.2.1.2 Technical Orientations of the Juvenile Prison and Functions of the Professionals Involved
			11.2.2 Mexico
				11.2.2.1 Characteristics of the National Law of the Comprehensive Criminal Justice System for Adolescents in Mexico
		11.3 Methodology
		11.4 Results
		11.5 Role of Professionals
		11.6 Conclusion and Discussion
		References
	Chapter 12: Social Vulnerability and Some Considerations Regarding Crime Committed by Minors in Costa Rica
		12.1 Introduction
		12.2 The Juvenile Justice System in Costa Rica
		12.3 Clinical Assessment of Dangerousness
		12.4 Clinical Assessment of Vulnerability
		12.5 Theories of Criminology
		12.6 The Chicago School
		12.7 Subculturalist Theories
		12.8 Merton’s Anomie and Strain Theory
		12.9 Theories of Social Control
		12.10 The Labeling Theory
		12.11 Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 13: Experiences of Women with Disabilities in the Mexican Criminal Justice System: A Gender-Based Analysis
		13.1 An Overview of Women in Prison
		13.2 Ethical Considerations
		13.3 Intervention Strategy in Mexico City
		13.4 Discussion
		13.5 Conclusion
		References
Index