You Work as a Social Worker in a Poor Area

question 54

Essay

You work as a social worker in a poor area of Detroit. You have to spend your time with victims of crime, and with criminals who want to improve their situation. You have a lunch with the head of a community corrections program, and want to tell her about the value of rehabilitation. The community corrections officer believes in restorative justice. How will you convince her?

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Definitions:

Manufacturing Facilities

Places designed and equipped for the manufacturing of goods and products.

Resistors

Electronic components that restrict the flow of electric current in a circuit, used to control voltage and current levels.

Comparable Worth

The concept that jobs of equal value to an organization should be paid equally, irrespective of gender or other differentiating factors.

Title VII

An element of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that makes it illegal to discriminate in hiring practices based on someone's race, skin color, religious beliefs, gender, or national origin.