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The Kalamazoo County Citizens Probation Authority A Descriptive Analysis Of The Referral And Selection Criteria January 1, 1973-January 1, 1974, Katherine Ruth Malzahn-Bass
The Kalamazoo County Citizens Probation Authority A Descriptive Analysis Of The Referral And Selection Criteria January 1, 1973-January 1, 1974, Katherine Ruth Malzahn-Bass
Masters Theses
A Cohort Analysis Of Juvenile Probationers From The Kalamazoo County Juvenile Court, 1971, Karl B. Kucab
A Cohort Analysis Of Juvenile Probationers From The Kalamazoo County Juvenile Court, 1971, Karl B. Kucab
Masters Theses
Data on 171 juveniles placed on probation in 1971 was compiled and analyzed. Thirteen independent and six dependent variables were tested bivariately and multivariately. The recidivism rate for the cohort was also determined.
This was the first analysis of the court's probation service. It served to supply the court with three "measures" of recidivism, a "Delinquency Seriousness Index," and an adult follow-up of the cohort.
Results showed an effectiveness rate of 60.25%. In addition, 13 of the 78 hypotheses advanced were accepted and four significant predictor models were constructed. "Early age at onset" of delinquency, a familiar predictor of recidivism, …
The Socializer, March, 1977, Department Of Sociology
The Socializer, March, 1977, Department Of Sociology
The Socializer
Volume 1, Number 16 of the Socializer, published March 22,1977.
Sex Roles And Work Roles In Post-Industrial Society, Diane Barthel
Sex Roles And Work Roles In Post-Industrial Society, Diane Barthel
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
It is argued that one of the reasons for the slow change in work and sex roles, despite policies designed to encourage such change, Is an inadequate understanding of the process of industrialization and Its Impact on women's status. This impact has been both increasingly to favor money as the sole criteria for status and to force a separation of the home and the workplace. Both of these factors have had an adverse impact on women's status which the growth of technology, expansion of education, and increased control over fertility have not been able to counteract. The limitations of current …
The Interests Of Children And The Interests Of The State: Rethinking The Conflict Between Child Welfare Policy And Foster Care Practice , A. Pare, J. Torczyner
The Interests Of Children And The Interests Of The State: Rethinking The Conflict Between Child Welfare Policy And Foster Care Practice , A. Pare, J. Torczyner
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The social welfare literature -- whether embodied in the ideology of the profession, claimed in its social policy, substantiated through empirical research, or espoused in practice -- suggests that children should not be removed from their natural hones as a solution to economic woes or to the unavailability of social support services. This apparent convergence of ideology, policy and practice -- buttressed by social values which recognize the importance of family life -- would suggest that few children, if any, would enter foster care because of inadequate income or the absence of social services. Yet, in 1977, between one quarter …
Third World Women, World Population Growth: A Case Of Blaming The Victim, Elizabeth W. Moen
Third World Women, World Population Growth: A Case Of Blaming The Victim, Elizabeth W. Moen
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper examines the provisions of the 1974 United Nations World Population Conference pertaining to the status of women, wherein it is assumed that if the status of women is improved and they are educated and employed, fertility will decline. It is concluded that these assumptions do not have very sound theoretical or empirical bases, and that the possibility and probability of implementation in the near future is slim. It is hypothesized that the Conference World Plan of Action will do little to raise the status of women or reduce population growth because it is a product of sexual politics.
Is Criminology A Policy Science, Robert F. Meier, Gilbert Geis
Is Criminology A Policy Science, Robert F. Meier, Gilbert Geis
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The question posed in the title is discussed in view of selected evidence from the criminological literature. Criminology's status as a policy science, based largely on the ability of the discipline to present coherent, empirically-based recommendations for the reduction of crime, is evaluated. The review leads to disappointing conclusions with respect to the usefulness to policymakers of the present knowledge base in criminology.
New York City And The Economic Crisis, Joseph Harris
New York City And The Economic Crisis, Joseph Harris
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
The crisis of New York City and the crises affecting many hundreds of other cities, counties, school districts, and other local and state governments are not accidents. They are a direct result of the neglect that social welfare receives at the hands of a government interested only in furthering the profits and position of the monopolies. Some people call the U.S. government a "warfare/welfare" state. I prefer to call it a state dominated by the giant corporations which control the economic and hence the political life of our nation. As long as federal policy continues to stress profits before people, …
The Warfare-Welfare Tradeoff: Health, Public Aid And Housing, Kathleen Peroff
The Warfare-Welfare Tradeoff: Health, Public Aid And Housing, Kathleen Peroff
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
It is a truism that resources devoted to defense are unavailable for nondefense purposes. Investment in defense takes place partly by reducing civilian spending on consumer and capital goods through tax rates that are higher than they would otherwise be and partly by reducing government spending on non-defense programs. The purpose of this paper is to test for the existence and magnitude of the latter tradeoff over the years 1929-1971 in the United States. In particular, the analysis concerns the tradeoff between defense and three social welfare policies: health, public aid and housing. In addition, the analysis examines whether these …
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 4, Nos. 3 & 4 (January/March 1977)
Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 4, Nos. 3 & 4 (January/March 1977)
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
- Hon. George McGovern, United States Senator
- Chauncey Alexander, National Association of Social Workers
I. Introduction
- Warfare-Welfare as a Serious Social Problem for Study and Action - L. K. NORTHWOOD, Editor
II. Crisis in the Warfare/Welfare State
- Eighteen Leading Social Critics Comment: What is the Real Threat to World Peace and Social Security? - KENNETH A. KIRKPATRICK and L. K. NORTHWOOD
- A Moment of Truth in the Warfare-Welfare Debate: The Transfer Amendment - HON. ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN
- New York City and the Economic Crisis - JOSEPH HARRIS
III. The Rise of the Warfare/Welfare State
- The Warfare-Welfare Tradeoff: Health, …