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CRIMINALIZING ADDICTION Society’s Big Mistake

Famcare

The American Society of Addiction Medicine recognizes addiction as “a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences.

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The care system failed me, now it’s failing other children. That’s why I’m still fighting | Daniel Lavelle

The Guardian

Too many young people are doomed to criminality, addiction and homelessness as provision is stripped to the bone I grew up in care, and spent some time homeless, but I eventually made it to university and became a journalist and author. Instead, too many are in the criminal justice system, lost to addiction or off the map.

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Emily Henderson, LMSW, MSW ’13

University of Connecticut

Since her career path started, she has specialized in working with a wide variety of at risk populations; however, her main career focus has been to specifically work with those who are reentering society from the criminal justice system. At that time, she obtained her Bachelors in Social Work with a focus area in Criminal Justice.

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Emily Henderson, LMSW, MSW ’13

University of Connecticut

Since her career path started, she has specialized in working with a wide variety of at risk populations; however, her main career focus has been to specifically work with those who are reentering society from the criminal justice system. At that time, she obtained her Bachelors in Social Work with a focus area in Criminal Justice.

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“A Liminal Moment in Social Work”: Access NASW’s Social Work Journal Online

Social Work Blog

Furthermore, suicide disproportionately impacts such populations as American Indians/Alaska Natives, those who identify as LGBTQ+, military veterans, criminal justice system–involved people, and Black youth. These patterns underscore disturbing new trends that necessitate multifaceted and social justice–centered responses.

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Substance Abuse Treatment for Adults in the Criminal Justice System TIP 44

Counselor Toolbox podcast

Objectives - Identify purpose, sources of information and areas of concern for screening - Explore the pitfalls of diagnosis in the CJ system - Identify preferred screening and assessment instruments and what they measure - Examine placement strategies based on criminality, mental health and addiction issues - Discuss general treatment issues in CJ (..)

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Be among the first to publish in European Social Work Research

The International Association Of Schools Of Social

Contemporary challenges facing social work and the communities it serves, among them: poverty; social exclusion; discrimination and oppression; inequalities, injustice and relationships of power; abuse, trauma, violence and conflict; cultural, political and environmental hazards.