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"In The Best Interest Of The Child": Official Court Reports As An Artifact Of Negotiated Reality In Children's Assessment Centers, Jerry Jacobs

Clinical Sociology Review

This paper deals with the way in which official court reports are constructed at a Children's Reception and Assessment Centre in London, England. These reports and their recommendations serve as a key resource for the court in helping the magistrate to decide what is "in the best interest of the child." The work deals with the unequal distribution of status and power between the agency and the parents of Assessment Centre children. The analysis demonstrates how, in the case of serious differences between the agency and the parent regarding what is in the child's best interest, the agency's status and …

Sociologists As Mediators: Clinical Sociology In Action, John S. Miller

Clinical Sociology Review

Clinical sociology is receiving increasing attention at the undergraduate and graduate level and among practicing sociologists Much has been written about how the undergraduate and/or graduate curriculum can be modified to respond to the demands for a more applied or clinical approach Little, however, has been written about how a department might involve its current and future faculty in a clinical program.

One program which has successfully integrated a strong liberal arts based program with an active clinical emphasis is the University of Arkansas at Little Rock'sHumanist as Mediator program This program is instructive in that it has achieved a …

Present Condition Of Sociology In The United States, Ira W. Howerth

Clinical Sociology Review

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Howerth, Small And Sociological Practice, Jan M. Fritz

Clinical Sociology Review

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Six Problem-Soving Contexts For Intervention Decision Making, Ronald Lippitt

Clinical Sociology Review

Six different organizational problem-confrontations present the Clinical Sociologist with a variety of intervention challenges. We identify these contexts as: Entropy Prevention, Creative Downsizing, Compliance with Regulations, Choosing Preferred Futures, Creating Conditions for Innovation, Facilitating Dissemination of Successful Practices. Several intervention strategies are presented, and some typical traps to avoid are identified. Some generic interventions that are needed in all six contexts are summarized.

Clinical Sociology And The Acculturation Specialty, Fred Hoffman

Clinical Sociology Review

The sudden arrival of 125,000 Cuban refugees created the need for "acculturation specialists" who could ease the transition of these Hispanic refugees, many of whom suffered from mental disabilities or other stigmas. From the perspective of clinical sociology, acculturation should involve "empowerment " Culture brokers will encounter service dilemmas, factors which contravene the humanistic goal of empowerment of members of a psychiatric population. What course is proper when empowerment of a client might subvert program goals? Should concise information on the welfare system be provided to clients who might use it to abscond and establish another pattern of dependency? Should …

Scholarship And Social Agitation, Albion W. Small

Clinical Sociology Review

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Intergroup Relations In Applied Research: Respondent Participation As A Clinical Intervention, Thomas A. Leitko

Clinical Sociology Review

Little attention has been paid to the clinical aspects of relationships between groups involved in applied research. This article reports on how naturally appearing community groups with a vested interest in the outcome of a research study were involved in the research, thus strengthening their own sense of involvement At the same time, the willingness of the researchers to involve community groups in an open process strengthened the research

Clinical Research Interviewing In Sociology, Carol A. B. Warren

Clinical Sociology Review

This paper explores the interpenetration of clinical and research interviewing processes in research interviews The data are interviews with 17 women diagnosed as schizophrenic, and with their husbands, over the period 1957-1961. The interviews began with the first week of admission to Napa state hospital, and ended up to two years after discharge. The respondents were in a situation of medical uncertainty and marital disruption. They utilized both the form and the content of the research interviews in a therapeutic manner, seeking advice, opinions and information from the interviewers. The interviewers, as they had been trained to do, attempted to …

Social Problem As Affliction And Social Problem As Hazard, Berthold Brenner

Clinical Sociology Review

Social problem as affliction and social problem as hazard represent two related but differing foci of sociological concern and intervention. Social problem as affliction refers to the personal problem which is largely social in nature. Intervention is concerned with helping the afflicted person with his or her problem. Social problem as hazard refers to the collective social problem posed by a social condition responsible for increased likelihood of personal problems and ills. Intervention is concerned with dealing with the collective problem.

Sociotherapy With Marital Couples: Incorporating Dramaturgical And Social Construction Elements Of Marital Interaction, Nathan Church

Clinical Sociology Review

This article represents an exercise in the translation of accepted sociological concepts into specific principles to be included in a larger framework referred to as sociotherapy. Sociotherapy is presented as a specific branch or subfield of clinical sociology. Although the concepts presented may be generalized to other areas of sociotherapy, the specific focus of the paper is sociotherapy with marital couples. Two dynamics involved in marital conflict and dissolution are described by employing the social constructionist position of Berger and Luckmann and the dramaturgical perspective of Goffman. The process by which couples jointly construct their marital world of reality is …

Developing Organization Consulting Skills In Clinical Sociology, Ray Kirshak

Clinical Sociology Review

This teaching note reports on how participation in a seminar on Community Involvement helped the author learn important organizational consultant skills, while helping an organization in trouble recognize structural sources of its difficulties.

Teaching Clinical Sociology: The Introductory Course, Edward W. Gondolf

Clinical Sociology Review

This paper discusses the aims and format of an introductory course in clinical sociology. It reviews the process of teaching clinical sociology as a profession and teaching the theoretical basis that distinguishes the field. Case studies, guest practitioners, and practical exercises are used to prompt an application and integration of the acquired knowledge. Ideally, the course reviewed here can serve as a model for others devising courses in this emerging field or for those attempting to bring some uniformity to the clinical sociology curriculum.

Societal Influences On Sexual Dysfunctions: The Clinical Sociologist As Sex Educator, Abraham D. Lavender

Clinical Sociology Review

The traditional psychoanalytic approach to sexual dysfunctions deemphasizes societal factors as contributing to sexual dysfunctions The new approach to sex therapy, which has developed since 1970, emphasizes a diversity of factors, including societal factors. Sex education—following sex therapy—has now begun to recognize the area of sexual dysfunctions as a valid topic. Knowledge and understanding of the societal factors which directly or indirectly contribute to sexual dysfunctions can help people to change or better react to these factors. The clinical sociologist as a sex educator can and should make a major contribution to the prevention and correction of sexual dysfunctions.

A Humanist's Commentary On "Clinical And Research Interviewing In Sociology", Harry Cohen

Clinical Sociology Review

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Negroes In Michigan History, John Green

Detroit Area Peace and Justice Groups

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