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Paths To Homelessness: Extreme Poverty And The Urban Housing Crisis. Doug A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen And Kathryn D. Talley.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Doug A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen and Kathryn D. Talley, Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994. $55.00 hardcover, $16.95 papercover.

The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theories And Political Significance. Rolf Wiggershaus.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theories and Political Significance. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1994. $60.00 hardcover. (Translated by Michael Robertson).

Family Functioning And Migration: Considerations For Practice, Amith Ben-David

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

International migration is increasingly dominated by family considerations. Despite conflicts and tensions, the support system of the family is the main agent through which the adjustment to migration occurs. Social workers are in the front line in the treatment and acculturation of new immigrants. The present study explores how 145 social workers, comprising about 70% of those who treat new immigrants in the northern part of Israel, perceive family functioning in two very different migrant populations: arrivalsf rom the former Soviet Union on the one hand, andf rom Ethiopia on the other. Results indicate that practitioners viewed families from the …

Resident Perceptions Regarding Quality Of Care At Sister James Nursing Home, Michelle R. England

Theses and Graduate Projects

The quality of care in nursing homes is under serious

scrutiny by researchers, Iegislators, and the public. There are

numerous ways to evaluate quality of care because of the many

ideas and perceptions about what quality of care actually means.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate quality of care

from the resident's perspective and to determine how quality of

care can be improved at Sister 'James Nursing Home. This study is

based on a national study conducted by the National Citizens'

Coalition of Nursing Home Reform in which residents across the

country defined quality of care. The findings …

Evaluating The Effectiveness Of A Peer Mediation Program In A Elementary School, Dawn E. Berg

Theses and Graduate Projects

With the rise of violence in our society, communities, schools, and homes, we are challenged to find peaceful ways to resolve conflicts and learn how to live cooperatively with one another. Peer mediation programs in schools have been used as part of the solution to this challenge of preventing violence. This research study surveyed students who were trained as peer mediators and their parents to identify their perceptions of the effectiveness of a Peer Mediation Program and Sibley Elementary School in Albert Lea, Mn. Data analysis was limited by the small sample size and lack of comparison; however, findings did …

Spruce Run News (August 1995), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Client Survey Of A Group Treatment Model For Adult Women Incest Survivors, Kristen A. Atmore

Theses and Graduate Projects

The problem of incest has been brought more and more out into the public eye in recent. As this recognition has increased, the growth in knowledge about how to treat incest has been enormous. Many clinicians and researchers agree the long term effects of incest can be very numerous and complex resulting in such symptoms as: chemical abuse, anorexia, self-mutilation, suicide attempts, depression, marital and parenting difficulties. Many therapists also believe that long-term therapy is necessary in the recovery process. However, there is little outcome evaluation for long-term, sexual abuse survivors groups in the literature.

This is an exploratory client …

Perceptions Of Family-Centered Care At The Shriner's Hospital For Crippled Children - Twin Cities Unit, Kristen E. Peterson

Theses and Graduate Projects

Literature emphasizes the importance for health core systems to recognize and address the non-medical needs of hospitalized children and their families. A growing recognition that families play a pivotal role in the recovery of hospitalized children ( Shelton, 1987; Shelton , 1994) has become a vital part of a revised mission statement of the Shriner's Hospitals for Crippled Children- Twin Cities Unit, A newly acquired philosophy of family- centered care supports a change in the delivery of health care to children and their families for the purpose of easing the hospitalization experience. The purpose of this research study was to …

Spruce Run News (June 1995), Spruce Run Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Review Of Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach. Eleanor Reardon Tolson, William J. Reid And Charles D. Garvin. Reviewed By Leon H. Ginsberg, University Of South Carolina., Leon H. Ginsberg

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Eleanor Reardon Tolson, William J. Reid and Charles D. Garvin, Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach. New York: Columbia, University Press, 1994. $37.50 hardcover.

Review Of Interprofessional Care And Collaborative Practice. R. Michael Casto And Maria C. Julia. Reviewed By Daniel Harkness, Boise State University., Daniel Harkness

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

R. Michael Casto and Maria C. Julia, Interprofessional Care and Collaborative Practice. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co, $43.25 hardcover.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 22, No. 2 (June 1995)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEMINIZATION OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC - Mark S. Kaplan
• LIFE STORIES: A PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH TECHNIQUE - Rena D. Harold, Margaret L. Palmiter, Susan A. Lynch and Carol R. Freedman-Doan
• ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AND CASE MANAGEMENT: INFUSING MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE - Dennis D. Long
• THE IDEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF CHANGING JUVENILE JUSTICE - Preston Elrod and Daryl Kelley
• PROTECTING WOMEN'S JOBS: UNIONS AND DEINDUSTRIALIZATION - Marietta Morrissey
• FAMILY CORRELATES OF DELINQUENCY: COHESION AND ADAPTABILITY - Glenn Shields and Richard D. Clark
• SECOND-ORDER VICTIM-BLAMING - Paula L. Dressel, Vincent Carter, and Anand Balachandran

BOOK REVIEW ESSAY

• Unfaithful Angels: How …

Review Of Involuntary Clients In Social Work Practice. Andre Ivanoff, Betty J. Blythe And Tony Tripodi. Reviewed By Margaret Severson, Louisiana State University., Margaret Severson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Andre Ivanoff, Betty J. Blythe and Tony Tripodi. Involuntary Clients in Social Work Practice. Hawthorne, N.Y.: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994. $41.95 hardcover, $20.95 papercover.

Attention Deficit Disorder And Case Management: Infusing Macro Social Work Practice, Dennis D. Long

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Intervention with children with attention deficit disorders is complex and requires change at multiple system levels using a social work perspective. Case management, macro social work practice, time allocation issues, the structure of a professional self, constraints in expanding a narrow definition of the social worker, and specific macro level intervention areas for social workers are examined in this context.

Children In Poverty. Aletha C. Huston

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Aletha C. Huston (Ed.), Children in Poverty, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. $19.95 papercover.

Performance Review And Quality In Social Care. Anne Connor And Stewart Black.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Anne Connor and Stewart Black (Ed.), Performance Review and Quality in Social Care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1994. $39.50 hardcover. (Available from Taylor and Francis, 1900 Frost Road, Bristol, PA 19007-1598)

The Global Environmental Crisis: Implications For Social Welfare And Social Work. Marie D. Hoff And John G. Mcnutt.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Marie D. Hoff and John G. McNutt, The Global Environmental Crisis: Implications for Social Welfare and Social Work. Brookfield, VT: Avebury, 1994. $59.95 hardcover.

Evidence Or Assertions? The Outcomes Of Family Preservation Services, Julia H. Littell

Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder In Parents Of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients, Carol Farr

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) produces cognitive, behavioral, and affective deficits with resulting problems such as improper social behavior, increased aggression, emotional, personality and characterological changes. The impact upon the survivor, the sibling, as well as the parental subsystem has been well documented in the literature. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been diagnosed in several different types of trauma survivors, although rarely have individual psychological symptoms been studied in parents.

This research examined the possible vulnerability factors that are associated with TBI and their potential influence upon PTSD symptomology. Questionnaires were mailed to 266 parents of TBI patients with a response …

Examination Of Knowledge And Attitudes About Human Sexuality As Predictors Of Adolescent Sexual Behavior, Diane Waymire

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

This study investigated the variables influencing adolescent sexual behavior. Using cognitive learning theory, social learning theory, and social development as an organizing framework, factors influencing adolescent sexual behavior and the respondent's personal demographics were examined for their contribution to explaining adolescent decision-making about sexual activity.

A convenience sample of high school students from a Riverside county school district provided data for the study. Data was gathered by using a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 55 students from two of the three school sites within the district participated in the study during the winter quarter of 1995.

The findings of the …

Family Correlates Of Delinquency: Cohesion And Adaptability, Glenn Shields, Richard D. Clark

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The Circumplex Model of family functioning, which includes measures of cohesion and adaptability, was used with a community-based sample of youth (N = 480) to test its usefulness for explaining delinquent behavior. Results from the research indicate that the Circumplex Model is inadequate for explaining delinquency. It was concluded that the two major components of the model, cohesion and adaptability, do not operate in the curvilinear fashion as hypothesized. Rather, the results suggest the both factors are linear in their relationship with delinquency.

Second-Order Victim-Blaming, Paula L. Dressel, Vincent Carter, Anand Balachandran

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Second-order victim-blaming emerges within a host of rationales given when designated solutions to first-order social problems do not produce the desired results. In certain cases second-order victim-blaming is built upon first-order victim blaming. This article develops a typology of second-order victim blaming based on the nature of problems forthcoming from failed social interventions. It then explores the implications of the phenomenon for those upon whom the blame falls, for other actors in intervention systems, and for social policy and programs more generally. It concludes with a tentative model of the sociopolitical implications of accumulated institutionalized victim-blaming, including the extremes of …

Review Of Critical Issues In Child Welfare. Nora S. Gustavson And Elizabeth A. Segal. Both Books Reviewed By Terri Combs-Orme, University Of Tennessee., Terri Combs-Orme

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Nora S. Gustavson and Elizabeth A. Segal, Critical Issues in Child Welfare. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1994. $17.95 paperback.

Social Work In The Netherlands: Current Developments. Karl-Ernst Hesser And Wibo Koole.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Karl-Ernst Hesser and Wibo Koole (Eds.), Social Work in the Netherlands: Current Developments, Utrecht, Netherlands: SWP Publishing Co., 1994. $19.00 papercover (Available from SWP Publishing, P. 0. Box 578, NL-3500 Utrecht, The Netherlands).

Feminization Of The Aids Epidemic, Mark S. Kaplan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although males still constitute a substantial number of persons with AIDS, it is becoming clear that this is a disease affecting women and minority populations more adversely. Today women, while representing approximately 16 percent of all AIDS cases nationwide that are reported to the Centers for Disease Control, make up the fastest-growing segment of the population with AIDS. This article contends that AIDS is increasingly afflicting women who have little economic, political, or social power. Furthermore, misdirected public policy has been partly responsible for the greater incidence of the disease in certain regions and populations.

Life Stories: A Practice-Based Research Technique, Rena D. Harold, Margaret L. Palmiter, Susan A. Lynch, Carol R. Freedman-Doan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Social work, like many other practice-based professions, has historically been concerned about the discontinuity between practice and research. This discontinuity is frequently reduced to a debate between qualitative and quantitative methodology, placing the profession in a dilemma and further alienating practitioners. This article describes a qualitative data collection and analysis process as it was in a large-scale study exploring issues of family development. The use of open-ended story telling and ethnographic content analysis are recommended for use in practice and in practice-based research. Adoption practice and chemical dependency settings are presented as examples.

The Ideological Context Of Changing Juvenile Justice, Preston Elrod, Daryl Kelley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The ideological nature of juvenile justice policy is analyzed, including the domain assumptions of the predominant juvenile justice ideologies which presently inform juvenile justice policy development. Further, it is argued that the failure of present juvenile justice policies to effectively respond to the juvenile "crime problem" may lead to the opportunity to develop a more critically informed juvenile justice policy, one which is better able to meet the needs of clients and respond more effectively to juvenile crime. Finally, some of the essential elements of a critical juvenile justice ideology and practice capable of more realistically and humanely responding to …

Protecting Women's Jobs: Unions And Deindustrialization, Marietta Morrissey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper explores the impact of union membership on a group of unskilled women workers at a public university in a midwestern city. Although the region has experienced high levels of unemployment in recent years, women subjects have been relatively insulated from job loss. Consistent with other research findings on the consequences of unionization, interviews with 18 women indicate that their job tenure is long, tendency to exit jobs low, and wages and benefits relatively good. African-American and white women have slightly different employment histories, however, reflecting patterns of discrimination and occupational segregation in the work place. Regional economic change …

Review Of Unfaithful Angels: How Social Work Has Abandoned Its Mission Harry Specht And Mark Courtney. Reviewed By Jeanne Marsh, University Of Chicago., Jeanne Marsh

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Harry Specht and Mark Courtney, Unfaithful Angels: How Social Work Has Abandoned its Mission, New York: Free Press, 1994. $24.95 hardcover.

Review Of Issues In Social Work: A Critical Analysis. Roland G. Meinert, John T. Pardeck, And William P. Sullivan (Eds.). Reviewed By Joseph Wronka, Springfield College., Joseph Wronka

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Roland G. Meinert, John T. Pardeck and William P. Sullivan (Eds.) Issues in Social Work: A Critical Analysis. Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1994. $49.95 hardcover.