A Social Work Perspective: What`s Correct in

A Social Work Perspective:
What’s Correct in
Corrections?
Thursday, June 18 | 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
(check-in begins at 8:15)
Peck Hall | Room 103
The School of Social Work in Falk College, an
approved provider of continuing education for
LMSWs and LCSWs in New York State, will offer
“A Social Work Perspective: What’s Correct in
Corrections? On Thursday, June 18, 8:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Registration details for this program,
which is four Continuing Education Contact Hours, is
coming soon. The cost is $50. For more information,
contact: Bette Thoreck,ebthorec@syr.edu,
443-5567.
Currently there are 7 million people involved in
the correctional system in the US. Corrections
encompasses the punishment, treatment, and
supervision of persons who have been convicted
of crimes, which commonly include imprisonment,
parole and probation. However, the system affects
more than the convicted individual, it affects
families, neighborhoods, communities and our
nation as a whole. Included will be an examination
of the cross section of mental health and addiction
and the confounding role each plays in policy
and practice. This course critically examines the
influence, effects and outcomes of our current
system correctional system and how we in human
services can address the implications of this system
before, during and after.
Brief overview of the history and evolution of the
structure and purpose of corrections;
• Explore the policies and economics of corrections
and consequences for individuals from diverse
groups;
• Highlight present-day controversies related to
corrections from a systems perspective;
• Recognize the ethical principles that guide social
work practice in criminal justice settings;
• Explore aspects of prison reform and community
corrections.
Xenia G. Becher, MSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker with over 30 years experience in the
human services field working in a broad range of setting and consumers. Her clinical work has included
individual and family counseling, behavioral management and treatment of conduct and personality
disorders. For the past 14 years she has been active with the Alternatives to Violence Project in Auburn
Correctional Facility, a state maximum security prison. For the past 6 years, she has been an internship
coordinator and course instructor in the Falk College/School of Social work at Syracuse University. She
most recently developed and taught a graduate/undergraduate course in the School of Social Work,
titled Practice and Policy in Adult Corrections.