Criminal Justice presentation summarizing key points: 1. The criminal justice system aims to maintain social order and stability through enforcing laws and punishing lawbreakers. 2. Historically social workers played a limited role in criminal justice but have expanded to provide various services like community rehabilitation programs, counseling for inmates, and advocacy for victims of crimes. 3. Social services in criminal justice help reintegrate ex-convicts into their communities and support their families through challenges from incarceration.

1. Criminal Justice
University of Duhok
Faculty of Humanities
Department of Sociology
Sat. March. 1st / 2014
Criminal Justice Presentation
Presenters : Under supervision of :
Helen Mohammed Taher Mrs. Samya Saeed Khalid
Juliana Toma Odisho
Matty Éspania Yaqo
Rojyan Salih Dawood
Sandra Admon Sawa
Vajeen Shawkat Tayib

2. Crime: is simply acts and behaviors that are
contrary to the law.
Delinquency: is a concept generally referring to
criminal and other deviant behaviors committed
by children and adolescents who are not yet
considered adults.
Criminal Justice: is a part of social justice. Is the
system of practices and institutions of
governments directed at creating and
maintaining social stability and order by
exercising control over those who violate and
threaten to disturb them .

3. The criminal justice system is an expanding arena for social
work .
Historically, a field of criminal justice was built on a law
enforcement foundation, emphasizing punishment for
criminal behavior. Although social workers acquired
legitimacy in juvenile services early in the twentieth century,
they have played a limited role in adult corrections.
Criminal Justice personnel often regarded social workers,
because of their value orientation about people, as
unwelcome professionals, considering them too soft to work
in corrections. Some residual bias against social workers in
law enforcements and criminal justice persist today.
Social work leaders, such as Jane Addams and Sophonisba
Breckenridge, spearheaded the move to separate juvenile
from adult court system. Their efforts led to the
establishment of Illinois juvenile court system, the first
juvenile court in the united states.

4. This legislation articulated three distinctive
features of the juvenile court movement:
1.The creation of a separated court of justice
for children because children are different.
2. The recognition that juvenile court is not a
criminal court, but a civil court, emphasizing
the rehabilitation and treatment of children,
and
3.the creation of a system of probation.
(Lathrop, 1917 as cited in Roush, 1996).

5. However, recently, social workers have expanded their roles to provide the
following services :
1. Community-based rehabilitation services : is a program of which the
community is prepared to accept and deal normally with the offender after
getting out of prison. It's also the way to try to build the human life again and to
make him/her be able to participate in the community and be an active person
inside the society. In this program the social worker role is making the
difficulties seem easy to the prisoner.
2. Diversionary program ( Guidance program ): The guidance program is a pre-
court diversionary program for first-time juvenile offenders who have committed
minor offences such as stealing. These juveniles would be let off with police
caution instead of being charged in Court for the offences committed. This
unique initiative steers the juveniles away from the Court system, recognizing the
viability of providing an alternative opportunity for the juvenile to make amends
and resolve against re-offending in the future. The guidance program is
voluntary six-month program that focuses on counseling and rehabilitation with
the active involvement of the parents. It includes counseling sessions for the
juvenile and his/her parents, group work, visits to the juvenile's home.
It aims to help the juvenile to develop better self-control, take responsibility for
his/her actions and acquire life skills. If the juvenile completes the Guidance
program successfully, she/he will not be charged by the Police.
3. Supports for convict's reintegration into their community : Social or
Community reintegration is often understood as the support given to the
offenders during their reentry into society following imprisonment.

6. Before we get to talk about the services provided for the offenders to
prepare them to reintegrate to their communities we have to understand
that the challenges that confront offenders may be social, economic, or
personal challenges .
Some of these challenges are a result of the offender's past experiences,
and some may result from the fact that he/she had been imprisoned and
that transition from the prison back to community .
Reentry programs are often based on case-management approach and
cover a range of intervention. These interventions are designed to assist
offenders in preparing for their release from confinement by helping them
acquire the skill sets to succeed in the community, addressing personal
challenges and the factors associated with their criminal behaviors, and
establishing the necessary contacts and relationships in the community.
4.Counseling for prison inmates : counseling is a broad field, and
professional to help individuals though a wide variety of situation
occurring in life. In criminal justice field, social workers (counselors)
provide assistance to prisoners to adjust to the life in the prison. They
rehabilitate individuals, and develop specialized treatment plans, they
conduct psychological assessment and they help individuals to adapt to
their lives in prison.

7. 5. Social services for families of criminals: studying
the cases of the families of the criminals and present
their findings to various destinations. Like
association of social security for the disbursement of
aid for their families.
6. Advocacy for victims of crime: social workers
work as advocators, they do many things to assist
victims including helping them recover from trauma.
Assist victims in obtaining and understanding
information about their rights (i.e: information
about legal process, victim services,… ect)
And empower victims by ensuring that their needs
are being provided , offering practical information
about the criminal justice process, emotional
support, referrals for long-term support and caring.