Helping Hands

By Kendrick Tran Punishment wasn't always people being let go with a financial fine and calling it good. Punishment back in the earlier times were much more gruesome and based itself on the philosophy of retribution. Also known in more popular terms, "an eye for an eye". With this concept, whatever punishment a person inflicted on an individual/group of people or on property, the punishment would equate to that. For example, if a person were to kill another person, than they would be punished by death. In this case though, there were many forms of the death penalty.  Source:  https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/execution-death-penalty-capital-punishment-modern-229078108?src=uvTS6smI6782sVdshpWJ4Q-1-15 Punishment including stoning, beheading, burning were all forms of capital punishment, a term referencing the punishment for a crime by death. With that said, many of the crimes committed back then were not all punished by the death. The concept of an ...

FAME Organization https://fame.socialwork.msu.edu By: NaKara Neely In my field of study, which is social work, we have a campus organization called FAME, which stands for Fostering Academics, Mentoring Excellence. For this prompt, I could not attend an actual meeting but I did interview someone who is apart of this organization whose name is Tamyra Whitfield.  I asked Tamyra a serious of questions to understand what FAME does, and their communication in the field. The following questions were: 1. How does FAME represent themselves to the public? Do you all really represent yourselves to the public, like you do to the people you serve?  Tamyra responded and yes they are authentic. They do work all throughout the community and they receive all of their money from donations and funds given from people who see the vision of the program.  2. What is the purpose of FAME?  It was created for students who were and are a ward of the state. This means t...

By: NaKara Neely                                                 http://www.bestsocialworkprograms.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/About-Best-Social-Work-271x300.jpg Today, I want to share with you the mission of social work and how social workers apply this at their daily jobs.     The first mission of social work is caring. In the field of social work, they realize that everything I’m life can not be fixed, but victims still deserve help and care. When social workers are caring, it helps the client open up more about their problems. This is the most valuable service a social worker can provide. Sometimes caring can be shown as social workers going the extra mile for their client. For example, if they don’t have a place to stay for that night or needed money.     The second aspect of the mission of social work is counseling. Depe...

http://libguides.csu.edu.au/ebp  Prompt #6 By: Katy Fedurek Evidence-based practice  (EBP) is the conscientious use of evidence while caring for others and making decisions in the field of social work. EBP is currently not accepted by the community of social workers, but Professor Donald Forrester  expresses a different opinion. He wrote a book arguing that EBP should be apart of every social work practice. Forrester claims that the solution can be broken into three different parts. "Investment in developing an evidence base to tell us what works for social work. Commitment to using evidence-based ways of working. Focus on professional excellence in developing and delivering evidence-based approaches that recognize the time and skill required." EBP in social work combines culture, researched based interventions, clinical experiences, and preferences to help social workers decide the services and treatment to help their clients reach their full potential....

By Kendrick Tran Source: http://www.top-criminal-justice-schools.net/faq/what-are-the-job-placement-rates-for-a-criminal-justice-degree Crime in of itself is never ending. There will always be a few bad apples that want to ruin all the good society has brought into each community. Even though the first thought that people have when thinking about fighting crime is a police officer, there are actually many more ways a person can fight crime. Whether that be through technology, in the courts, on the field, or in a lab, all of these pertain to the diverse field of criminal justice. I am here today to walk you through some of the jobs that a person can get if majoring in criminal justice. As said before, criminal justice contains a variety of sub-fields that people can specialize in if they so desire. Some of these are: Source: https://www.stac.edu/student-life /student-activities/get-involved-stactivities/news/criminal-justice- club-interest-meeting-...

By:NaKara Neely https://patimes.org/wp-content/themes/wpnewspaper/timthumb.php?src=https://patimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/social-work-wordie.png&q=90&w=479&zc=1 A Commitment to Social Betterment - A belief that improving the quality of social interactions are important for everyone. Social workers feel that everyone should have assistance with meeting their social needs. In the field of social work, they have maintained a theory that the society is responsible to provide opportunities and resources that will allow each person in the society to have a great life.  A Goal to Enhance Social Functioning - Social workers want to help individuals enhance their social functioning, which is helping people interact with people and other social things. Social workers help people adjust to the rapidly changing world. For example, technology explosions, population explosion, nuclear explosions, etc. These all can affect ones life. Those who can adapt to these c...