Admitting convicted felons to social work programs: Conceptual dilemmas and practices

Debbie Haski-Leventhal; Richard J. Gelles; Ram A. Cnaan

doi:10.1177/0020872809348949

Admitting convicted felons to social work programs: Conceptual dilemmas and practices

Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Richard J. Gelles, Ram A. Cnaan

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In this article, we review the ethical and legal dilemmas regarding the admission of convicted felons and study the practices used by American schools of social work. An important finding is that schools that are proactively engaged in asking for and processing felony conviction information are also more ethically engaged.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	87-100
Number of pages	14
Journal	International Social Work
Volume	53
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872809348949
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010
Externally published	Yes

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