FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK

SW355

Course Code: SW355
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

will learn the reasons for committing crimes and rehabilitation services of individuals of different ages and genders.
will have the knowledge, skills and value base that the social worker should have in the forensic field.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

There is no recommended optional programme component for this course.

Course Description

Within the scope of this course to introduce students to forensic social work, the rights and needs of children driven to crime; Child-young and adult offenders within the scope of the "United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child" and the "Declaration of Human Rights"; Characteristics of the justice systems for juvenile delinquents and adults in Turkey; There are topics such as preventive and rehabilitative social work intervention and practices with offenders of all ages and genders.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to Forensic Social Work
2^nd Week	Criminology
3^rd Week	Basic Features of Turkish Criminal Justice System
4^th Week	Roles and Functions of Social Workers in The Police Departments.
5^th Week	Juvenile Courtes and Social Worker's Roles and Functions
6^th Week	Rehabilitation of Juvenile Delinquesnts
7^th Week	Family Courtes and Social Worker's Roles and Function
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	Causes of female criminality, services, roles and duties of the social worker
10^th Week	Adult male delinquency, services, roles and duties of the social worker
11^th Week	Probation Services and Social Work
12^th Week	Forensic Medicine and Social Work
13^th Week	Social Work Programs and interventions for Victims
14^th Week	Social Work Programs and interventions for Victims
15^th Week	Evaluation

Recommended or Required Reading

Akgün, R. (Ed.)(2021). Adli sosyal hizmet: Teoriden pratiğe. Ankara: Nika Yayınevi.
Ballar, Suat, Türk Hukukunda Sosyal Hizmet ve Çocuklar, İstanbul, Cem Ofset, 1988.
Bardak, Cengiz, Cezaların İnfazı ve İnfaz Müesseseleri, Ankara, Yetkin Yayınları, 1996.
Barker, Robert L., Douglas M. Branson, Forensic Social Work, New York, Haworth Press, 1993.
Croall, D.T., Criminal Justice, London, Longman, 1998.
Elitez, D. ve Gönültaş, M.B. (Ed.)(2020). Adli sosyal hizmet yaklaşım ve müdahale (3.basım). Ankara:Nobel Yayınevi.
İl, Sunay, "Adli Sosyal Hizmet", Psikiyatri Dergisi, Cilt 4, No 2, 2003.
Koşar, Nesrin G., Sosyal Hizmetlerde Aile ve Çocuk Refahı Alanı, Ankara, Yargıçoğlu Matbaası, 1989.
Loeber, Rolf, David P. Farrington, (eds.), Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders, Thousand Oaks, Sage Publication, 1998.
McIvor, Gill (ed.), Working with Offenders, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1995.
McIvor, Gill, Peter Raynor (eds.), Developments in Social Work with Offenders, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.
Uluğtekin, Sevda, Hükümlü Çocuk ve Yeniden Toplumsallaşma, Ankara, Bizim Büro, 1991.
Uluğtekin, Sevda, Çocuk Mahkemeleri ve Sosyal İnceleme Raporları, Bizim Büro, 1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	1	14
Preparation for Final exam	6	6	36
Course hours	14	2	28
Preparation for Midterm exam	3	3	9
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	5	5	25
Homework
Presentation (including preperation)
Project
Quiz
Take-home
Field Research
Meeting with advisor
Performance Practice
Book Presentation
Article Presentation
Case Study Presentation
Thesis Proposal
Article
Thesis Research
Weekly Articles and Resource Research
Preperation for Presentations
Total Work Load			114
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			3.8
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1
K2
K3	X	X
K4
K5		X
K6
K7		X