Human Behavior in the Social Environment: A Multidimensional Perspective » (4th Edition)

Jos? Ashford teaches the human behavior course in the department of Social Work at Arizona State University and serves as a professor of social science and law in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Justice Studies. He is currently the principle investigator for the Family Drug courts grant, funded by the governor's Division of Drug Policy. He is widely published in areas dealing with the assessment, classification, and treatment of special need offenders, juvenile aftercare, and forensic social work. Professor Ashford testifies across the country as an expert in the assessment of mitigating factors in capital murder cases.

Craig Winston LeCroy is a professor in the School of Social Work at Arizona State University. Dr. LeCroy has directed several projects for children and adolescents, including a National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents; Youth Plus: Positive Socialization for Youth, a substance abuse prevention project; and a primary prevention program for adolescent girls. Professor LeCroy has published widely in the areas of children's mental health, social skills training, risk and needs assessment with juvenile offenders, and adolescent treatment and program evaluation.

New edition of a textbook intended to be both comprehensive and integrated, and of value in both graduate and undergraduate programs connected with social work education. The three authors (two with Arizona State U. and the third with U. of Arizona Health Sciences Center) introduce a multidimensional framework for assessing concerns about human behavior, and then apply it in each developmental chapter. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR