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An Investigation Of The Combined Effect Of Agency Support And Professional Social Workers' Training On The Type Of Family Therapy Practiced By Agency-Based Social Workers, Betsy Marsh Mccartor, Margaret Labby

Dissertations and Theses

All persons are born into some form of family unit. The traditional family is a unit of people who live together over periods of time and have ties of marriage and kinship. Even if that unit is separated, as in death or adoption, qualities of one's personhood are closely connected with forebears and parents. Whether for good or bad, the family profoundly affects the individual.

The family is an important unit. Many stresses impinge upon it. The church and extended family are less influential on the family today. The school is less influential. Where does the family turn for support? …

Toward An Understanding Of Men And Masculinity: Some Dimensions Of The Social Construction Of Knowledge In Social Work Professional Journals, Robert Bailey, Denny Patella

Dissertations and Theses

This work is an attempt to critically evaluate the way men and masculinity have been portrayed in and through social work journals and to develop an annotated bibliography of the professional periodical literature as it relates to the masculine gender role. It is also an analysis of authorship in order to determine differential participation by the sexes in social work journals. These analyses will be used to assess the current status of “masculinity” and gender role issues in the profession and to suggest areas of future growth.

Well-Delineated Exceptions, Claims Of Sham, And Fourfold Probable Cause, James B. Haddad

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Diversion And Accelerated Social Control, Thomas Blomberg

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Testing The Functions And Effect Of The Parole Halfway House: One Case Study , James A. Ii Beha

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Effect Of The Age Structure Of A Stationary Population On Crime Rates, The , Kyriakos S. Markides, George S. Tracy

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Compatibility Of Free Will And Determinism In Criminology: Comments On An Alleged Problem, The , Daniel Glaser

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Recent Trends In The Criminal Law

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Forcible Rape: An Updated Bibliography, Hubert S. Feild, Nona J. Barnett

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Delinquency Is Still Group Behavior: Toward Revitalizing The Group Premise In The Socialogy Of Deviance, Maynard L. Erickson, Gary F. Jensen

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of Criminal Recidivism In Project Providing Rehabilitation And Diversion Services In New York City, Robert Fishman

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Doctrinal Doldrums: The Supreme Court 1976 Term Criminal Law Decisions, B. J. Jr. George

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Grand Jury Discrimination

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

First Amendment--Free Speech

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Prisoners' Rights

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Multicultural Education: A Functional Bibliography For Teachers, James Giese

Publications

This bibliography has been prepared to accompany In Praise of Diversity: A Resource Book for Multicultural Education, published by Teacher Corps and the Association of Teacher Educators. In Praise of Diversity brings together in concentrated form information about a number of ethnic and racial groups in the United States and discusses basic issues in multicultural education. This bibliography is also being offered for use by teachers in order to recommend wider sources of printed and audio-visual materials.

In Praise Of Diversity: Multicultural Classroom Applications, Gloria Grant, Floyd T. Waterman

Publications

In Praise of Diversity: Multicultural Classroom Applications was written for the classroom teacher who is interested in implementing multicultural education. The book includes 51 activities written in the following subject areas: Social Studies, Language Arts, Science/Math and Art. Included within the activities are two units. A mini-unit on "Understanding Feelings" will assist the student in examining himself/herself and his/her relationships with others; and a unit entitled "Immigration and Migration: Voluntary and Forced" will provide the teacher with an illustrative procedure to incorporate ideas and materials from the Vignettes in the companion document, In Praise of Diversity: A Resource Book for …

In Praise Of Diversity: A Resource Book For Multicultural Education, Milton J. Gold, Carl A. Grant

Publications

The unique diversity of our cultural heritage and background is slowly but surely being recognized as a valuable asset for our country, one to be cherished and shared. But the very richness and diversity of our heritage make it difficult for the classroom teacher or the college professor to acquire an understanding of the many groups who have contributed so much to the development of our nation.

Press Release: Pr 108, A Few Facts About Women…, National Commission On The Observance Of International Women's Year

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A few facts about women in homemaking, work, child care, and their socio-economic status.

National Youth Service, Donald J. Eberly

Service Learning, General

A national youth service program could attack two of the most serious urban problems-the lack of needed services and the excessive levels of unemployment among restless young people.

Selected Variables Related To Alienation From Religion As Perceived By Students Attending Seventh-Day Adventist Academies In The United States, Roger L. Dudley

Dissertations

Problem. Some young people who are reared in religious homes reject the religion of their parents upon reaching adolescence. This is a matter of crucial concern to church youth leaders as well as to parents. It was the purpose of the present study to discover relationships that may exist between alienation from religion and other selected variables. It was hypothesized that religious alienation is related to the quality of the relationships— especially as those relationships concern religious values— chat the young people have with parents and other authority figures. Independent variables were chosen in accordance with that hypothesis which was …

Religion In The Family: A Typology Of Family Religious Environment, Gerald Edward Mucha

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Social Impact Assessment At The Neighborhood Level, William H. Triest

Dissertations and Theses

This paper originated as a result of one of the stated objectives of the Salem Primary Prevention Project. That project, operating jointly with Marion County Community Mental Health, Salem School District 24J and the City of Salem’s Community Development Department, has had as one of its stated objectives, the development of a mechanism to review the impact of planned change at the local level.

For several years both the staff and Advisory Committee for the Primary Prevention Program had wrestled with the complexity of developing such a review or assessment mechanism. Existing literature on social impact assessment appeared to deal …

Social Work Intervention And Patients' Utilization Of The Kaiser Health Care System, Pegi Sten, Liz Swint Young

Dissertations and Theses

This study was an analysis of social work practice in a medical setting: analyzing the work of a medical social worker in an outpatient clinic located in a metropolitan area. The primary purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate the performance of a medical social worker in a Kaiser-Permanente outpatient clinic and to determine if there were possible associations between social work intervention and patient utilization of existing services offered by the Kaiser Health Care system, also referred to herein as Kaiser. Specifically, the study attempted to determine if there were quantitative changes in patient contacts, and utilization of …

Personal Incidental Fund: A Study In Policy Making, Shirley Rackner

Dissertations and Theses

Originally, the focus of this project was to be a policy analysis and survey of the new procedures and regulations established by the state of Oregon for the protection and management of nursing home residents' Personal Incidental Funds (PIF). The analysis was to be divided into four phases, according to a pre-planned timetable. The last phase was to be a field survey of the policy's impact upon nursing homes and adult service workers. The timetable was synchronized with that of the Congregate Care Consultant from the Public Welfare Division's (PWD) Adult Services Unit, whose responsibility it was to develop and …

Quality Of Life Assessment Of Chronic Hemodialysis Patients At The Artificial Kidney Unit Of Good Samaritan Hospital And Medical Center, Karen Jones Whittle, Michael Tripp, Bruce De Young

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to evaluate certain factors that affect the quality of life experienced by the chronic hemodialysis patient population served by the Artificial Kidney Unit at Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center, Portland, Oregon. The intent of the study was to discover if there was a significant difference in quality of life between patients who dialyzed at home and patients at the Artificial Kidney Unit (center patients).

For the purposes of this study, House, Livingston and Swinburn’s definition of quality of life was used. Their definition states that quality of life is a function of the …

Evaluative Research And Nutrition Programs For The Elderly, Leonard D. Cain

Sociology Faculty Publications and Presentations

This report looks at the means to evaluate the Nutrition Act, Title VII-Nutrition Program for the Elderly, (Public Law No. 258, 1972).

The Flor-Ala Vol. 46 No. 14, University Of North Alabama

Flor-Ala 1970-1979

1976-12-08

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 52, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Hanging of the Green
• Bruce, Don. Banjo Student’s 13-Month Project Proves to be Instrumental – Carl Krull
• Kuhl, Greg. Policeman Resigns Amid Controversy – Patrick Johnson
• Location Uncertain for Holiday Housing
• Room Damaged by Fire – Pearce-Ford Tower
• Prosecutor of Charles Manson Will Speak – Vincent Bugliosi
• New Grant Reports Due Wednesday
• Minton, Don. Expert Blames Heart Disease on Eating Habits, Smoking, Age
• Recreation Major Heads U.S. Board – Kim Davis
• What’s Happening – Club News
• Kentucky Should Legalize Drinking for 18 Years-Olds
• Library Editorial …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1976, Vol. 04, No. 12, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Economic Status in Midcontinent Metropolitan Areas, Third Quarter 1976," by Ralph H. Todd.

During the third quarter of 1976, Midcontinent metropolitan areas experienced the most universal decline in unemployment rates since the monitoring system was initiated for the fourth quarter of 1975. September unemployment rates in all 25 areas were lower than the United States rate, which declined from 8.1 percent during September of 1975 to 7.4 during September of 1976. Only Fargo, Rapid City and Cheyenne experienced unemployment rates higher than during September of 1975. The increase in average weekly …