Evaluation Of Social Workers' Expertise Practices From Judges' Perspectives

Forensic social workers work as experts in the investigation processes and courts within the judiciary and influence the judicial decisions with their expert knowledge. The main purpose of this research is to examine the expertise of forensic social workers from the perspective of judges. 60 judges working in the judiciary participated in the research. In the collection of research data, a questionnaire consisting of 13 questions prepared by the researchers was filled in face-to-face interviews and answers were sought. In the research, which was designed as a survey model research, the answers obtained were analyzed using the SPSS 21 package program and the data were analyzed in the form of frequency distributions. According to the results of the research; juveniles in need of protection, juvenile delinquents, custody arrangement, establishment of personal relations, violation of obligations arising from family law, adoption and guardian It has been found that the opinions and evaluations of the forensic social workers are sought in the appointment of experts and that forensic social workers are inadequate in various aspects while fulfilling their expert duties