‘Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives': A Contribution to Learning and Understanding-A Debate

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

This Roundtable discussion will focus on how different disciplines have helped shape and broaden our criminological thinking and responses – the areas under consideration will be criminology and social work and crime and policing. The Roundtable discussants will consider how the different aspects of our learning/practice/knowledge interact and help to develop a broader understanding. The Roundtable discussants will seek to discuss in addition whether this broader understanding is always a ‘good thing’ and look at when this might not work.

Dr Elaine Arnull: Stigmatisation, Parenting, Drugs and Social Work

Nancy Acevedo: Crossing Boundaries: Criminologically informed social workers as change agents

John P. Jarvis: Effectively Investigating Criminal Behavior: the role of multi-disciplinary approaches


Rachel Johnston: A criminologist in a clinical world

Sub Unit

• Area VIII: Roundtables

Individual Presentations

• Stigmatisation, Parenting, Drugs and Social Work - Elaine Arnull, Bucks New University, UK

• Crossing Boundaries: Criminologically informed social workers as change agents - Nancy Acevedo, Kennesaw State University

• Effectively Investigating Criminal Behavior: the role of multi-disciplinary approaches - John P Jarvis, Federal Bureau of Investigation

• A Criminologist in a Clinical World - Rachel Johnston, Adler School