Social work professionals often encounter perpetrators and victims of crimes in their daily work. This necessitates a foundational understanding of criminal behavior, possible interventions, the course of criminal proceedings, the various parties involved in the process, and the roles of social services within the criminal justice system. This textbook imparts this essential knowledge and specifically prepares social workers for evidence-based practice in the context of criminal proceedings. Legal and criminological knowledge is systematically linked to practical examples and action options in social work.