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Social Workers As Magistrates Or Jps?, Donald E. Maypole
Social Workers As Magistrates Or Jps?, Donald E. Maypole
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
An inspection of data on magistrates and justices of the peace revealed that in many states the statutes do not require law degrees for the positions. A survey of a randomly selected sample of magistrates in one midwestern state found support for the claim that a law degree was not a pre-requisite for a magistrate's position. The author argues that social workers have the education and skills for magistrate and justice of the peace positions and proposes them as areas of employment.