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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