title: Forensic social work in a mental health setting.
abstract: In forensic social work, a relatively new field of practice, significant contact between social work and the law is prominent. A statewide program of services to forensic psychiatric patients in Maryland demonstrates the principles and issues involved in forensic work and the widespread applicability of social work concerns in the criminal justice and mental health systems.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003416:Criminal Law; D003617:Dangerous Behavior; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006208:Halfway Houses; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007298:Insanity Defense; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D008605:Mental Health Services; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012306:Risk; D012380:Role; D012947:Social Work / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis