Baltimore City Department of Social Services v Bouknight and Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California

Baltimore City Department of Social Services v Bouknight and

Tarasoff v . Regents of University of California (Your Name (Your University

2008

Table of Contents

Abstract

3

Baltimore City Department of Social Services v Bouknight 5

The Fifth Amendment : Right against Self-Incrimination 6

Legal and Ethical Issues and their Impact on Social Work Practice 8

Tarasoff v . Regents of University of California 10

Confidentiality 12

Legal and Ethical Implications and their Impact on Social Work Practice 14

References 16

Abstract

The fields

of social sciences and the legal system have become inextricably linked in response to the development of system processes to aid in problem solving . Each of the fields informs the other utilizing their respective extensive expertise and knowledge-based literature to address the prevailing challenges in the society

In the desire to address the complex criminality and societal problems that beset the nation , the legal system and the practitioners of social sciences are inevitably linked so that the knowledge base and expertise of one can collaborate with the other and vice versa . The development of therapeutic jurisprudence became an imperative , each field having an impact on the other towards the creation of systemic processes to solve society 's problems

The civil liberties accorded under the Bill of Rights are safeguards against the vast powers of government . Their existence and observance ensure individuals from the undue governmental interference and intervention . One of these privileges is the right against self-incrimination . In the cases of U .S . v . Doe (465 U .S . 605...