Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Multidimensional Perspective - Hardcover

Ashford, Jose B.; LeCroy, Craig Winston

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0495601691 ISBN 13: 9780495601692

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2009

Synopsis

This text is intended for the Human Behavior in the Social Environment course at the undergraduate and graduate levels in departments of social work.

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About the Authors

Jose Ashford teaches the human behavior course in the department of Social Work at Arizona State University and serves as a professor of social science and law in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Justice Studies. He is currently the principle investigator for the Family Drug courts grant, funded by the governor's Division of Drug Policy. He is widely published in areas dealing with the assessment, classification, and treatment of special need offenders; juvenile aftercare; and forensic social work. Professor Ashford testifies around the country as an expert in the assessment of mitigating factors in capital murder cases.

Craig Winston LeCroy is a professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. Dr. LeCroy has directed several projects for children and adolescents, including a National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents; Youth Plus: Positive Socialization for Youth, a substance abuse prevention project; and a primary prevention program for adolescent girls. Professor LeCroy has published widely in the areas of children's mental health, social skills training, risk and needs assessment with juvenile offenders, and adolescent treatment and program evaluation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0495601691
• ISBN 13: 9780495601692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 720