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Justice Social Work Reports and Court-based Justice Social Work Services - Practice Guidance

This guidance is to provide social workers and para-professionals working in justice social work (JSW) settings with an outline of their duties at this crucial point of a person’s entry into the justice system.


Footnotes

1 International Telecommunication Union (2024)

2 Seto (2021)

3 Seto (2013); Seto (2021)

4 Babchishin et al. (2015)

5 Bickart et al. (2019)

6 Cortoni (2018)

7 Helmus et al. (2024)

8 Christensen (2024)

9 Babchishin et al. (2011); Babchishin et al. (2015)

10 Babchishin et al. (2015)

11 Seto (2021)

12 See Risk Management Authority (2018) review for more information

13 Babchishin et al. (2018)

14 Babchishin et al. (2015)

15 Babchishin et al. (2015; 2018); Seto, (2021)

16 See page 34 for more information

17 Stephens & Seto (2016)

18 Though in some studies, paedophilia and hebephilia are combined, where individuals with a sexual preference for prepubescent and pubescent are considered paedophiles (Eke & Seto, 2016 ).

19 Eke, Helmus & Seto, 2018

20 Babchishin et al. (2018)

21 Reichel et al. (2024)

22 Babchishin et al. (2018)

23 Babchishin et al. (2018)

24 Long et al. (2013)

25 Elliot, Beech and Mandeville-Norden (2012)

26 Babchishin et al. (2015)

27 Babchishin et al. (2015; 2018)

28 The CPORT is a risk assessment tool designed specifically for adult males with a conviction of IIOC, to predict any sexual recidivism (contact and non-contact sexual offences). It was incorporated into an assessment framework that was piloted in parts of Scotland from 2022 to 2024. There is also Scottish research conducted on use of the CPORT (See Savoie et al., 2021).

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