Recent Books
Umbreit and Armour publish new text on restorative justice
Prof. Mark Umbreit and Mariyln Armour, a professor at the University of Texas and an alumna of our Ph.D. program, have published the first textbook devoted entirely to restorative justice. This book, by Springer Publications, provides a comprehensive foundation for understanding restorative justice and its application worldwide to numerous social issues. Backed by reviews of empirical research and case examples, the authors describe the core restorative justice practices including victim-offender mediation, family group conferencing, and peacemaking circles as well as cultural considerations, emerging variations in a wide variety of settings, and the crucial role of the facilitator. Together, authors Umbreit and Armour bring the latest empirical research and clinical wisdom to those invested in the research and practice of restorative justice.
Edleson and colleagues publish second edition of textbook on violence against women
Professor Jeffrey Edleson has published with Claire M. Renzetti and Raquel Kennedy Bergen the second edition of their Sourcebook on Violence Against Women from Sage Publications. The book is used extensively in undergraduate and graduate courses in a variety of professions. The all-new Sourcebook includes reflections by prominent practitioners and researchers and will also be accompanied by a supplemental anothology of recently published articles on the topic. In late 2011 they will also publish a Companion Reader on Violence Against Women, an anthology of additional readings that supplement the textbook.
Another Umbreit book focuses on facilitated dialogues in violent crimes
A young woman is murdered at a car wash. An entire family is killed by a drunk driver. The victim of a violent assault survives but spends years struggling to heal physically and emotionally. Offenders are apprehended, charged, tried, convicted and sentences. But it is not enough.
Across the nation, in increasing numbers, these and other victims of violent crimes have sought direct, personal encounters with the offenders who have harmed them. Facing Violence: the Path of Restorative Justice and Dialogue is the story of courageous victims and offenders who participated in facilitated dialogues in the aftermath of violent crimes. The book distills the results of interviews conducted with a total of 40 victims, 39 offenders and 21 program staff and volunteers in this pioneering effort on the part of the justice systems of Texas and Ohio.
Baizerman co-edits new special issue on program evaluation
Professor Michael Baizerman is co-editor with Donald W. Compton of a special issue in New Directions for Evaluation entitled Managing Program Evaluation: Towards Explicating a Professional Practice (Number 121, Spring 2009) from Jossey Bass.
Rooney publishes Second Edition of Involuntary Client book
For close to two decades, Prof. Ronald H. Rooney's book Strategies for Work with Involuntary Clients (Columbia University Press) has led in its honest analysis of the involuntary transaction, suggesting the kind of effective legal and ethical intervention that can lead to more cooperative encounters, successful contracts, and less burnout on both sides of the treatment relationship. For this second edition, Rooney has invited experts to address recent theories and provide new information on the best practices for specific populations and settings.
VeLure Roholt and Baizerman co-edit new book on youth engagement
Assistant Prof. Ross VeLure Roholt and Prof. Michael Baizerman have authored with R.W. Hildreth a special edition of Child & Youth Services that is being published also as a book from Haworth Press entitled Becoming Citizens: Deepening the Craft of Youth Engagement.
Gilgun has published two books that are free online
Professor Jane Gilgun also has two books that are free downloads of interest to social work students and practitioners. They are:
The NEATS: A Child & Family Assessment The NEATS is based on the best we know about five areas of human development and functioning. The five areas are neurobiology, executive function, attachment, trauma, and self-regulation. The NEATS guides practitioners to gather information that will contribute to effective case plans. The book is also available as a paperback.
Child Sexual Abuse: Child Survivors and Perpetrators Tell Their Stories Based on interviews with child and adult survivors and perpetrators of child sexual abuse, the book provides information found nowhere else. Here readers discover that children think sexual abuse is their fault and that many perpetrators believe sexual abuse is wrong but what they are doing is not abuse but love. Stories that mothers tell are being incorporated into the book. No hard copy is presently available.
VeLure Roholt co-authors book on using evaluation information
VeLure Roholt and two colleagues have published Information Gold Mine: Innovative Uses of Evaluation (2007) from Fieldstone Alliance Publishing. Traditional use of evaluation-for improving service quality-is well known. But staff often don't use data to full advantage. Information Gold Mine highlights 14 nonprofits that have used program evaluation in exciting, creative ways.
Edleson and Williams' book on parenting by men who batter
Profs. Jeffrey Edleson and Oliver Williams have edited a new book from Oxford University Press entitled Parenting by Men Who Batter: New Directions for Assessment and Intervention. The book focuses on key issues for emerging programs designed to help violent men change their parenting. It guides professionals in understanding men who batter, assessing their parenting skills, making decisions about custody and visitation, and modeling treatment programs that engage fathers in their children's lives while maximizing safety.