

McGuinn Hall 320
Telephone: 617-552-2744
Email: betty.blythe@bc.edu
Human trafficking, Roma issues
Betty Blythe, PhD, MSW, is a professor in the School of Social Work. Her current research interests focus on addressing human trafficking with trauma-informed interventions and on social justice issues confronting Roma people. She also has expertise in ethical issues in research, intervention research, global gender issues, and intensive family preservation services. Dr. Blythe is a founding member of the International Initiative for Children, Youth, and Families and has served on several boards including Fundatia Inocenti/Romanian Children's Relief and Revista de Asistenta Sociala.
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.