Human Service involves the study of social technologies (practice methods, models, and theories), service technologies (programs, organizations, and systems), and scientific innovations that are designed to ameliorate problems and enhance the quality of life of individuals, families and communities to improve the delivery of service with better coordination, accessibility and accountability.
[Professional Organizations by Discipline]
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - http://www.aacap.org/
American Academy of Forensic Sciences - http://www.aafs.org/
American Bar Association (ABA) - https://www.americanbar.org/
American Board of Criminalistics - http://www.criminalistics.com/
American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work - http://www.abecsw.org/
American Counseling Association - http://www.counseling.org/
American Psychiatric Association - http://www.psych.org/
American Psychological Association - http://www.apa.org/
American Public Human Services Association - http://www.aphsa.org/
American Society of Criminology - http://www.asc41.com/
Association for Community Organization and Social Administration - http://www.acosa.org/
Association of Oncology Social Work - http://www.aosw.org/
Association of Social Work Boards - http://www.aswb.org/
British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association - https://www.bileta.org.uk/
British Society of Criminology - http://www.britsoccrim.org/
California Jaycees - http://www.cajaycees.org/
California Psychological Association - http://www.cpapsych.org/
Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) - http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/
Colorado Association of Robbery Investigators - https://coloradorobbery.org/
Colorado Bar Association - http://www.cobar.org/
Critical Criminology Division of the ASC - http://www.critcrim.org/
European Society of Criminology - http://www.esc-eurocrim.org/
General Council of the Bar - http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/
Homicide Research Working Group (HRWG) - http://www.homicideresearchworkinggroup.org/
International Association of Women Police - http://www.iawp.org/
International Federation of Social Work - http://www.ifsw.org/
Jerry Lee Center of Criminology - https://crim.sas.upenn.edu/
Justice Research and Statistics Association - http://www.jrsa.org/
Latino Social Workers Organization - http://www.lswo.org/
National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors - http://www.naadac.org/
National Association of Attorneys General - http://www.naag.org/
National Association of Black Social Workers - http://www.nabsw.org/
National Association of Social Workers - http://www.socialworkers.org/
National Coalition for the Homeless - http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
National Criminal Justice Association - http://www.ncja.org/
National Mental Health Association - http://www.nmha.org/
National Native American Human Resources Association - https://nnahra.org/
National Sheriffs' Association - http://www.sheriffs.org/
North American Association of Christians in Social Work - http://www.nacsw.org/
Pacific Sociological Association - http://www.pacificsoc.org/
Police Executive Research Forum - http://www.policeforum.org/
Society for Computers and Law - http://www.scl.org/
Society for Research In Psychopathology - http://www.psychopathology.org/
Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care - http://www.sswlhc.org/
Society for the Study of Social Problems - http://www.sssp1.org/
Socio-Legal Studies Association - http://www.slsa.ac.uk/
Western Society of Criminology - http://www.sonoma.edu/ccjs/
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