SHO653 - SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN WHO PUSHED TO CRIME

Course Name Code Semester Theory
(hours/week)
Application
(hours/week)
Credit ECTS
SOCIAL WORK WITH CHILDREN WHO PUSHED TO CRIME SHO653 1st Semester 3 0 3 6
Prequisites
Course languageTurkish
Course typeElective 
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-Face 
Learning and teaching strategiesLecture
Discussion
Observation
Preparing and/or Presenting Reports
Case Study
Brain Storming
 
Instructor (s)Department instructors 
Course objectiveTo provide information about the social work practices on juvenile delinquency  
Learning outcomes
  1. Student learn, ? Theories of juvenile delinquency ? Historical development of juvenile justice system ? Processes and components of juvenile justice system ? Responsibilites of social workers in the juvenile justice system
Course Content? Theories of crime
? Police and social work practices
? Courts and social work practices 
References1. Shoemaker, Donald J. (2009). Juvenile Delinquency,Rowman Littlefield Publishers, U.K.
2. Junger-Tas J. ve Frieder D. (2009). Reforming Juvenile Justice, Springer.
3. Rosenberg, Marshall,B.Şiddetsiz İletişim.Çev:Gülden Şen ?Mahmut Tuna,Sistem Yayıncılık, 2004, Ankara.
4. Cankurtaran-Öntaş, Ö. (2004). Çocuk Hakları ve Sosyal Hizmetin Güçlendirme Yaklaşımı Açısından Suça Yönelen Çocuk-Polis İlişkisi, H.U. S.B.E. Yayımlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Ankara.
5. Pitts, J. (1990). Working with Young Offenders, McMillan Education, London 

Course outline weekly

WeeksTopics
Week 1Theories of reasons of juvenile delinquency
Week 2Theories of reasons of juvenile delinquency
Week 3Different approaches about juvenile justice system
Week 4Juvenile justice system: Child police
Week 5juvenile justice system: Courts
Week 6Midterm exam
Week 7juvenile justice system: Courts
Week 8juvenile justice system: Penal Institutions
Week 9juvenile justice system: Penal Institutions
Week 10Probation Office
Week 11Midtermexam
Week 12Restorative Justice
Week 13Situation of girls in the juvenile justice system
Week 14Social work practices in the juvenile justice system
Week 15Social work practices in the juvenile justice system
Week 16Final exam

Assesment methods

Course activitiesNumberPercentage
Attendance00
Laboratory00
Application00
Field activities00
Specific practical training00
Assignments110
Presentation110
Project00
Seminar00
Midterms130
Final exam150
Total100
Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes050
Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes050
Total100

WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION

Activities Number Duration (hour) Total Work Load
Course Duration (x14) 14 2 28
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application000
Specific practical training000
Field activities000
Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect)14342
Presentation / Seminar Preparation11515
Project000
Homework assignment11515
Midterms (Study duration)12020
Final Exam (Study duration) 13030
Total Workload3285150

Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes

D.9. Key Learning OutcomesContrubition level*
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1. Knowledge of social work theories   X 
2. Knowledge of social work application fields   X 
3. Knowledge of social policy and social services policy   X 
4. Knowledge of administration and management processes in social work fields  X  
5. Knowledge of social work research and techniques  X  
6. Knowledge of social services legislation and professional ethics, principles and values   X 
7. Knowledge of social work application with different client groups   X 
8. Ability to grasp the mechanism of oppression and exclusion and strategies of change    X
9. Ability to utilize the knowledge of advanced general social work in the intervention of different client groups     X
10. Ability to evaluate research material on the subject, apply the research results, carry out qualitative and quantitative data and implement data analysis X   
11. Ability to evaluate social work intervention plans empirically  X   
12. bility to use different techniques of communication with the different population groups, colleagues and other members of the society    X 
13. Ability to work in institutional structures and social welfare systems and determine the necessary institutional change under supervision   X 
14. Ability to carry out application accepting differences as a positive factor in parallel with social work professional and academic ethics and values  X  
15. Ability to think critically, reach synthesis, apply theory, application knowledge and skills in a professional sense    X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest