The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate how you would use your critical thinking skills to formulate and advocate for policy change.
According to the Barusch (2018) text, our criminal justice system is grounded in three concepts – revenge, rehabilitation and deterrence, but rehabilitation is the least explored.
Write a 2-3 page paper that describes how a social worker engaged in policy practice could positively impact our criminal justice system by heightening its focus on rehabilitation.
Incorporate peer-reviewed academically sound resources and literature to substantiate your ideas.
Demonstrate knowledge and use of concepts of the origins of the criminal justice system and how it affects current policy.
Demonstrate knowledge and use of concepts disparities that exist in the criminal justice system based on race and class.
Apply social work values to the problem and/or population and how they may differ from policymakers or other stakeholders.
