Editor-in-Chief
Lisa de Saxe Zerden, PhD, MSW
About the journal
Social Work is the premier journal of the social work profession. Widely read by practitioners, faculty, and students, it is the official journal of NASW and is provided to all members as a membership benefit …
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University of Chicago Professor Matt Epperson discusses the paper he co-authored, “Fostering Community-Engaged Research on Criminal Legal Innovations with Logic Models.”
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