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Faculty Profiles

DR. WESLEY T. CHURCH, II, Assistant Professor

 
wchurch@sw.ua.edu
(205) 348-3933

Degrees:
• B.A., University of Utah
• M.S.W., University of Utah
• Ph.D., University of Utah

Field of interest:
Research methods; child welfare; youth delinquency; juvenile and criminal justice

Journal Publications:

Church, W.T., Wakeman, E.E., Miller, S.L., Clements, C.B., & Sun, F. (2008). The community attitudes toward sex offenders scale:  The development of a psychometric assessment instrument. Research on Social Work Practice, 18 (3), 251-259.

Church, W. T. , Gross, E. R., & Baldwin, J. (2005 in press). Maybe ignorance is not always bliss: The disparate treatment of Hispanics within the child welfare system. Children and Youth Services Review.

Boyle, S., Church, W.T., & Byrnes, E. (2005). Migraine headaches and anger. Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal, 1(1), 47-58.

Egbert S, Church W. T., & Byrnes, E., (in press).   Justice and treatment collaboration: Process evaluation of a drug court.  Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal.

Clements, C. B., Brannen, D. N., Kirkley, S. M., Gordon, T.M., & Church W. T., (in press).   The measure of concern about victims: Empathy, decision making, and the Victim Concern Scale (VCS).  Legal and Criminological Psychology.

Book Chapter:

*Church, W . T. (2005). Hispanic Americans and social welfare. In J. M. Herrick & P. H. Stuart (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America: Sage Publications.

*Parker, M. W., Church, W. T., & Toseland, R.(2005 in press). Social Work practice with distant caregivers. In B. Berkman (Ed), Handbook on Social Work and Aging. Oxford University Press