Faculty Announcements(last updated 11/19/08)

Risler and Strickland present at Prison Pipeline
The Child and Family Policy Initiative under the direction of the UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government held its first statewide research symposium on Oct. 13, 2008, at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. During the session, the Prison Pipeline, researchers, practitioners and policy makers from throughout the state examined how children are impacted by the juvenile and criminal justice systems through presentations and panel discussions.
Faculty members Ed Risler, Susan Strickland and Schnavia Hatcher participated in the event. Risler’s  presentations included: “Preventing Delinquency: In-school Probation Services”;  “Reducing Recidivism: Evidence of Effective Transitional Services in Juvenile Justice”;  “Legislative Issues in Georgia’s Juvenile Justice System.” Risler also served on the planning committee, helping organize the event and moderated a keynote plenary session with Rep. Bill Hamrick, Sen. Mary Margaret, and Tom Rawlings the Director of the Office of Child Advocate
Strickland presented “Female Sex Offenders: Variables Affecting Deviant Sexual Pathways.”
For more information, visit: http://www.cviog.uga.edu/childfamilypolicy/pipeline/breakout.php

Schnavia Hatcher had two articles accepted for publication:
Banks, L., & Hatcher, S.  (October, 2008).  Georgia Senate Bill 440:  An examination of determining factors of youth who are waived to superior court and the effectiveness of juvenile waivers as a deterrent to recidivism.  Paper presentation at The Prison Pipeline:  The Intersection of Childhood and the Criminal Justice System Conference, Child and Family Policy Initiative, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Maschi, T., Hatcher, S., Schwalbe, C., & Scotto Rosato, N.  (2008).  Mapping the social service pathways of youth to and through the juvenile justice system:  A comprehensive review.  Children and Youth Services Review, 30(12), 1376-1385.

Another of Hatcher’s articles, Schwalbe, C., Hatcher, S., & Maschi, T., “The effects of treatment needs and prior social services utilization on juvenile court decision making,” is in press. Social Work Research.

Reeves conducts Ethics Workshop
Faculty member Trisha Reeves conducted the ethics workshop portion of the School of Social Workers of Georgia’s (SSWAG) annual, state-wide conference on Oct. 15 at the Foundry Park Inn. Reeves also invited a group of students from her HBSE class to join her in presenting Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development.