Bio:

Dr. Schwalbe has ten years of professional social work practice experience. In these ten years, he provided case management, individual therapy, and group therapy to children and families involved with the child welfare and children's mental health systems as well as seriously mentally ill adults involved in the mental health system. In addition, his experience includes program development and program administration. He is presently licensed as a clinical social worker in the state of North Carolina.

Research Interests:

• Evidence Based Practice
• Juvenile justice policy and practice
• Risk assessment and structured decision making
• Delinquency prevention

Current Projects:

• Risk assessment for juvenile justice decision making

Recent Publications:

Schwalbe, C. S., Fraser, M. W., Day, S. H. & Arnold, E. M. (2004). North Carolina Assessment of Risk (NCAR): Reliability and predictive validity with juvenile offenders. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 40(1/2), 1-22.

Schwalbe, C. S. (2004). Re-visioning risk assessment for human services decision making. Children and Youth Services Review, 26, 561-576.

Last updated December 03, 2007.