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By Kendrick Tran Source: https://visual.ly/community/infographic/education/education-vs-incarceration Incarceration, a way of taking out all of the "bad apples" and putting them where they belong. Society has believed for a long time that mass incarceration was the key to preventing future crimes and to protect society in the long term. However, I am here to talk about the negatives of incarceration, and the common belief that incarceration is the answer to our society's problems of recurring criminals and career criminals (habitual offenders that continue to commit crimes.  History dictated that in order to protect society, we must remove those who negatively affect it. Rapists, thieves, etc. All of that sounds reasonable, by removing the negatives, we are only left with the positives right? Not exactly.  Source: http://nypost.com/2015/11/01/how-to-fix-americas-mass-incarceration-problem/ According to Quartz, a reputable news outlet, prison ac...

source: https://philsocsci1968.wordpress.com/2014/01/14/social-work/ The Best Graduate Schools for Social Work By: Katy Fedurek This week I decided to look at different graduate schools for social work. I searched the best social work schools in the nation and lots of useful information came up.  US News  ranked the top graduate schools in the country for social work just last year. Here are the top 10: 1) University of Michigan- Ann Arbor 2) Washington University in St. Louis 3) University of California- Berkeley 4) University of Chicago 5) University of Washington 6) Columbia University 7) University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill 8) University of Texas- Austin 9) Case Western Reserve University 10) Boston College For most of these prestigious institutions, you must meet certain criteria to apply. For example, the University of Michigan, School of Social Work requires that you have the completion of a bachelor's degree with...

By Kendrick Tran Officers of the law face many different obstacles in their careers as police officer and some of which do not seem obvious when thinking about police safety. Officers face a variety of different situations ranging from stressful to outright dangerous situations and this can produce a toll on not only the physical well-being of an officer, but their mental capabilities too.  Some of the situations in particular are obvious, gun violence is always a possibility that can lead to permanent injury or even a death of a loved one. However, some dangers are subtle and hidden unless scrutinized closely. These dangers are mental stress, fatigue, and lack of training for a specific situation. In this blog post, I will discuss some of the dangers police officers face in their day to day lives protecting the peace. Source: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/35/3b/7d/353b7def6d1e34fe8ce3ac77db272d73--motivation-poster-safety-posters.jpg The most obvious one of the bunch...

By: NaKara Neely https://www.buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/march-for-life-not-for-trump?utm_term=.dfZRp8DYOK#.amvRGOxJN Being a social worker in a health clinic can be very hard sometimes, especially when your beliefs are against your field of work. For example, being a Christian social worker can cause conflict when you have a client who want's to abort their baby. One of the 10 commandments in the Bible states, "Thou shall not kill." Furthermore, you still have a job that you must do, so now what do you do? In an article called, "Personal Values:Professional Questions", it states that many social workers fear that they would be forced to condone people's behaviors and choices that a Christian would not condone. Many who encounter these issues talk to their agency supervisors or talk with a colleague. In antother article called, " Intergrating Christian Faith and Social Work Practice:How Do People Do it" writes, "Luadzers also stated that the m...

How to Cite in the Field of Social Science By: Katy Fedurek The most common style to site resources in the field of social sciences is APA (American Psychology Association) style. How to Cite: Paraphrase the text (put it in your own words) and give credit to the author. Use quotation marks around the text that is copied word for word and give credit to the author. How to Recognize Plagiarism: Word-for-word: When you take seven or more words in a row from the original text and it is missing quotation marks, the fill-in text citation (including the details of the source including the author, date, and location) and the bibliographic reference. General APA Rules: Double spaced with one-inch margins on every side 12 point, Time New Roman font Include a page header at the top of every page (Make this by insert page numbers flush right. Next, type the title of your paper in all capital letters in the header flush left.) Title Page which includes: the title, author...

Prompt #9 By: Katy Fedurek This week, I found a news story that demonstrates the importance of the social work field and here is the link. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/children-of-the-opiate-crisis-the-reality-behind-our_us_59c06e4be4b0f96732cbc8b2 In 2016 alone, there were around 59,000 opioid-related deaths. This problem affects more than just the addicts; the children of the addicts are impacted in a large way. Many of these children are put into foster care programs or handed off to other family members creating an unstable environment. These kids do not ask for these problems and are forced into handling tough situations at such a young age. The foster care system has many  flaws  within it. Over 56,000 children live in group settings and there is more success when these kids are placed in family settings. Another issue is that there is not enough focus on getting families back together and children's needs are not always met. so...

By: NaKara Neely https://www.peaceinsight.org/conflicts/uganda/peacebuilding-organisations/ysa/ Today, I will be sharing with you some of the different fields of social work.There are many different fields, but today I will talk about three, which are Geriatric, School, and Youth Services social work. Geriatric Social Work  Help the elderly and their families with their needs and their needs will get paid for  Help them fill out paperwork  Serve as discharge planners, making sure everything is set when the elderly patients are let out of the hospital  Give therapy to the elderly who experience depression or anxiety Assist older adults who are active and those who have taken the parental role again     School Social Work  Participate in special education and individual educational planning meetings  Help children who are having problems at home that affect their well-being Counsels students Exposing the child and family to m...