American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Fellow, Daniel Flannery, talks juvenile justice in Cleveland and is part of a new study revealing the heightened risk of overdose death for those using drugs alone. Fellow Denise Burnette is part of George Mason’s Dean’s Speaker Series.

Fellow Weighs in on Juvenile Justice Process After High-Speed Chase

August 14, 2024 — Daniel Flannery, PhD, Fellow, and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the juvenile justice process for ABC News 5 Cleveland when six teenagers were released after taking police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car. “Due process is a good thing. Sometimes, it results in people not being detained even though they've committed an offense,” Flannery said. 

Read the full story on News5Cleveland.com.

Fellow Leads a Talk on Syndemics for George Mason’s Dean’s Speaker Series

August 22, 2024 — Fellow, Samuel S. Wurtzel Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Professor Emerita at Columbia University School of Social Work, Denise Burnette, PhD, will be featured in George Mason University’s Dean’s Speaker Series this year. Her research focuses on the health, mental health and psychosocial well-being of older adults, particularly in settings where resources are constrained. The lecture on September 17 is titled, "More than One Plus One: Syndemics in an Aging and Unequal World."

Learn more information, from the George Mason College of Public Health.

New Study Reveals High Risk of Overdose Deaths for Those Using Drugs Alone

August 27, 2024 — A recent study, done in partnership with Case Western Reserve University and Cuyahoga County, Ohio, highlights the need for “targeted harm-reduction strategies” in Northeast Ohio, where the opioid epidemic claims lives at nearly twice the national average. Fellow, researcher, and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Daniel Flannery, PhD, said the study reveals that 75% of overdose victims were using drugs while alone.

Read more about the study in Case Western Reserve University’s The Daily.