Faculty Directory
Betty Blythe
Professor
Betty Blythe
Ph.D.
Contact
McGuinn Hall 320
Telephone: 617-552-2744
Email: betty.blythe@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., Seattle University
- M.S.W., University of Washington
- Ph.D., University of Washington
Research Interests
Human trafficking, Roma issues
Expertise
- Global Practice
- Child Welfare
- Social Service Policies and Practice Effectiveness
Selected Publications
Ivanoff, A., & Blythe, B. (2018). Research ethics. In R. M. Grinnell & Y. A. Unrau (Eds.) Social Work Research and Evaluation (11th ed., pp. 129-162).
Schweitzer, D., Pecora, P. J, Nelson, K. E., Walters, B., & Blythe, B. J. (2015). Building the evidence base for intensive family preservation services. Journal of Public Child Welfare, 9, 423-443.
Blythe, B. J., & Cole, A. (2015). Intensive family preservation services. In K. Corcoran & A. R. Roberts (Eds.), Social Workers' Desk Reference (2nd ed., pp. 528-533). New York: Oxford University Press.
Heffernan, K., & Blythe, B. J. (2015). Global perspectives on gender issues. In K. Corcoran & A. R. Roberts (Eds.), Social Workers' Desk Reference (2nd ed., pp. 1033-1039). New York: Oxford University Press.
Heffernan, K., Blythe, B. J., & Cole, A. (2015). Human trafficking and trauma-informed care. In K. Corcoran & A. R. Roberts (Eds.), Social Workers' Desk Reference (2nd ed., pp. 332-339). New York: Oxford University Press.
Blythe, B. J. (2014). Evaluating the treatment of a sexually assaulted child. In C. W. LeCroy (Ed.), Case studies in social work practice (3rd ed., pp. 341-348). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Heffernan, K., & Blythe, B. J. (2014). Evidence-based practice: Developing a trauma-informed lens to case management for victims of human trafficking. Global Social Welfare, 1, 169-177.
Heffernan, K., Blythe, B. J., & Nicolson, P. (2014). How do social workers understand and respond to domestic violence and relate this to organizational policy and practice? International Social Work, 57, 669-713.
Blythe, B. J., Tripodi, T., & Briar, S. (1994). Direct practice research in human services agencies. NY: Columbia University Press.
Blythe, B. J., & Briar, S. (1985). Developing empirically-based models of practice. Social Work, 20, 483-488.