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Suppressing Domestic Violence With Law Reforms, Daniel D. Polsby

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Predictors Of Success In A Co-Correctional Halfway House: A Discriminant Analysis, Patrick G. Donnelly, Brian E. Forschner

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

Considerable research and debate have focused on the effectiveness of community correctional programs. Much of the research does not address the issue of the effectiveness of programs for persons with different types of problems or criminal histories. This article utilizes discriminant analysis to determine the characteristics of persons most likely to succeed in one halfway house. The results indicate that strong socializing and integrating ties in the community and few previous contacts with the criminal justice system are major predictors of success in a halfway house program. The seven discriminators for females are used to accurately predict 87 percent of …

Female Spouse Abuse And The Police Response: The Charlotte, North Carolina Experiment, J. David Hirschel, Ira W. Iii Hutchison

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Dr. Professor Mommy: Working Mothers' Gender Role Self Images In The University Community, Dawn Renee Krywanio

Masters Theses

A common misperception exists that working mothers experience their professional lives differently than other working women. This is often the basis for differential treatment of mothers in the workplace. This thesis describes gender role self image among university women in administration, faculty, and staff positions who are also parents; it relates to professional relationship satisfaction in the workplace. Data were collected through the use of open ended surveys of 185 female employees at Eastern Illinois University, follow up interviews, and a Likert scale survey within the same population. Content analysis of the data and qualitative results are the descriptive basis …

Sociology In The Clinic, Harvey Zorbaugh

Clinical Sociology Review

No abstract provided.

Understanding Paranoia: Toward A Social Explanation, David May, Michael P. Kelly

Clinical Sociology Review

In this paper we seek to offer an essentially sociological explanation of paranoia by way of a detailed examination of the case of an unmarried, ex-school-teacher who for the past 30 years has clung stubbornly to the belief that she is the victim of an ill-defined group of conspirators with the power to control her thoughts and actions. Taking as our starting point Lemert's seminal 1962 paper, we argue that paranoia is best understood, not as a disease in the accepted medical sense, but rather as a desperate attempt on the part of the sufferer to protect self from the …

An Alternative Understanding Of The Cognitive, Emotional, And Behavioral Characteristics Of Individuals Raised In Alcoholic Homes: A Clinical Theory Of The Individual, John E. Glass

Clinical Sociology Review

Historically, clinical sociology has assessed problematic, individual behavior as reflective of immediate social circumstance and situation. As such, practitioners have primarily targeted situational factors contributing to individual distress as areas of intervention. The following paper, however, views problematic, individual behavior as having social origins, yet targets strategies for intervention not at the interpersonal level, but at the intra-personal level—"within" the individual. The logic behind this argument is found in traditional, well-established sociological theory. An analysis of individuals raised in alcoholic homes will be used to demonstrate this perspective.

Intervention Among Children Of Subastance Abusers And School Success, Marguerite E. Bryan

Clinical Sociology Review

In substance abuse prevention literature findings indicate that children who grow up in households where there is alcohol and other drug abuse are much more likely to exhibit problematic, dysfunctional behavior, such as delinquency, drinking and drug use The purpose of this study was to assess the applicability and effectiveness of intervention among African-American children of substance abusers, particularly in terms of school achievement. A modified version of the student assistance services model was used. Specifically, this study examined the impact of the independent variable—the number of limes the student participated in the counseling program, on the dependent variables of …

Advancing Toledo's Neighborhood Movement Through Participatory Action Research: Integrating Activist And Academic Approaches, Randy Stoecker, David Beckwith

Clinical Sociology Review

This paper first develops the methodology of participatory action research as a research process originating from community-defined needs, involving community members in conducting the research, and leading to community-based action Within this research model, we discuss the difficulty of integrating the roles of activist and researcher Secondly, the paper describes the outcomes of the coordinated efforts of an activist academic and a professional community organizer who have engaged in a series of research projects to increase the organizational effectiveness and urban redevelopment capacity of community-based development organizations in Toledo, Ohio. Thirdly, the paper evaluates our project, discussing how we addressed …

Techniques For Imparting Clinical Knowledge In Nonclinical Courses, Mary C. Sengstock

Clinical Sociology Review

No abstract provided.

Latinas And The Massachusetts Employment And Training (Et) Choices Program: Factors Associated With Participation And Outcomes For Boston Latinas In Et, Miren Uriarte

Gastón Institute Publications

This report presents the results of an assessment of the participation and outcomes of Latinos in the Massachusetts Employment and Training (ET) Choices Program. From the start of the ET program, there has been evidence that Latinos participate at rates comparable to that of other groups, but that their outcomes in terms of job placements and wages fall well below the outcome rates of any other group of participants. The main goal of this report is to ascertain the experience of Latino participants in ET and the individual and program factors that present barriers to their successful participation in this …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald. Vol. 67, No. 27, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Martin, John. Former Regent Questions Action – Ronald Clark
• Hadley, Kim. Feminists Speak Out – Women’s Alliance of WKU
• Jordan, Keary. Exam Schedule: Abacus Error Causes a Little Confusion
• Stewart, Nikita. Racism Forum: Students Respond
• Governor’s Trusteeship at University of Kentucky No Surprise – Wallace Wilkinson
• Richardson, Patrick. Editorial Cartoon Wallace Wilkinson & His Mirror on the Ceiling
• Allen, Stephen. Marijuana is Harmful
• Baldwin, Paul. Parties: Leave Your Lampshades at Home
• Hannah, Jim. A Chance to Feel Like I’m Doing Something Good – Tutoring
• Hadley, …

Voluntary Action On The College Campus - From Theory To Practice, Debra Floerchinger

Higher Education

President and Mrs. Bush committed his administration to the promotion of volunteer service in the President's Inaugural Address in January l989. The "Points of Light Initiative" was announced in June 1989 to advance volunteerism and community service on the national level. This initiative created a foundation to promote these ideals.

“The Mirror Crack'd": Women As Mothers And Wives In Paternally Incestuous Families, Mary Deyoung

Dissertations

Women often are blamed for paternal incest. Although the notion of women's culpability is repeated so often in the literature that it has all the tranquility of an axiom, few studies have even used these women as subjects. This study sought to remedy that flaw by using as its subjects 20 women from paternally incestuous families. Each participated in an in-depth interview comprised of life history questions, and in a shorter follow-up interview.

The women reported a moderate degree of conflict between their roles as mother and wife. Their strategies for coping with that conflict were categorized according to the …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 67, No. 26, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Lawson, Jamie. Private Firms Bidding – Dining Services
• Lyons, Andy & Danny English. Best Feeling I’ve Ever Had – Sean Dollman
• Martin, John. Tight Budget: Tuition Surplus May Cover Most Cuts
• Sigma Alpha Epsilon
• Armes, Anya. Social Work Group Compiles Results – Rape
• Visitation Policy Needs Reviewing – Housing & Residence Life
• Richardson, Patrick. Editorial Cartoon Visitation Policy Ends Suitcasing
• Younglove, Jeff. Exhibition Game Good Season Starter – Basketball
• Mullaney, Terry. Intramural Official Responds to Criticism
• Lyda, Trent. Sorority Dorms are Discriminatory – Meredith Hall …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 67, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Martin, John. Group Wants Football Deflated – American Association of University Professors, AAUP
• Grundy, Julie. Western Gets Its Club MTV
• Poynter, Chris. Missing Graduate Student Found – Theresa Lubke
• Non-Traditional Student Group Forming – Students Over Traditional Age, SOTA
• Hoff, Meagan. How Would You Like to Be President for a Day?
• Faculty Deserve Open Records
• Richardson, Patrick. Editorial Cartoon Faculty Breaking Into Filing Cabinet
• Hargis, Joey. Cartoon in Bad Taste – Earvin Johnson aka Magic
• Pierce, Richard. Cartoon Reprehensible
• Wallace, Todd. Editorial Art Informed – …

Ua1b5 The New Faculty 1991-92, Western Kentucky University

WKU Administration Documents

List of new WKU faculty.

The Commons: A Multidisciplinary Approach To Nonprofit Organization, Voluntary Action And Philanthropy, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

The task of identifying nonprofit organizations, voluntary action and philanthropy as the principal constituents of a single "sector" within the larger economy, society and polity has been a central challenge for the multidisciplinary paradigm which seems to be emerging in this field. The concepts of the commons and common goods are presented as concepts with important multi-disciplinary implications. The commons is characterized by uncoerced participation, shared purposes and resources, mutuality and fairness and the derivative concept of common goods, as desirable ends which are universal and indivisible within a commons but not necessarily beyond. Taken together, commons and common goods …

Patterns Of Illicit Drug Use Among American High School Youth: An Examination For The Years 1976 And 1986, Dennis Rosado Malaret

Masters Theses

Previous studies have noted the importance of structural and demographic variables for the study of drug use among high school students. The present study focuses on the pattern and extent of legal and illegal drug use by high school seniors, by variables such as gender, race, religion, and academic achievement, among others.

The data used for this study were taken from Monitoring the Future (Bachman, O'Malley, & Johnston, 1980, 1987) for 1976 and 1986. Each data collection phase included a sample of over 15,000 students from approximately 125 to 135 public and private high schools, selected to provide an accurate …

Incidence Of Functionally Impaired Elderly: Comparing Enoa Samples With A Rural Sample, Chuck Powell

Publications

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes once remarked: "To be seventy years young is sometimes more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old," (Cavanaugh, 1990). The comment by Justice Holmes is positive and rests on hope, the hope that we will be healthy in our old age and capable of living independently.

Social Support For The Black Elderly: Is There A Link Between Informal And Formal Assistance?, Susie A. Spence

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study explores informal and formal social support among a sample of elderly southern Blacks. The results reveal that all respondents received informal assistance and that while overall formal assistance was low, a number of respondents received support from both sources. The author discusses these findings in relation to the supplement model of elderly social support and their implications for social service providers.

Reviews Of New Books In Gerontology (1991), Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Review of L.A. Pastalan & M.E. Cowart. Lifestyles and Housing of Older Adults: The Florida Experience. New York: Haworth Press. 1989. 114 pp. $22.95. Brief reviews of Teitelman and Parham (Compilers) Fundamentals of Geriatrics for Health Professionals: An Annotated Bibliography; Hughston, Christopherson & Bonjean (Eds.) Aging and Family Therapy: Practitioner Perspectives on Golden Pond.; Disch (Ed.) Twenty-Five Years of the Life Review: Theoretical and Practical Considerations; and Clements (Ed). Religion, Aging and Health: A Global Perspective.

Occupational Social Work And Multinational Corporations, Chathapuram S. Ramanathan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In a global economy, transfer of human technology via multinational Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) is a reality. Successful development and implementation of multinational EAPs require attention to the host country's political, legal frameworks, and cultural issues. The roles of occupational social workers vary based on these dimensions and issues. The targets of interventions are foreign executives and their families, host country employees and their families, and the organization itself.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 18, No. 2 (June 1991)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

CONTENTS

• GLOBAL ECONOMY AND THE AMERICAN WELFARE STATE - Howard Jacob Karger
• DOES SOCIAL SECURITY REDISTRIBUTE INCOME?: A TAX-TRANSFER ANALYSIS - Namkee G. Choi
• SOCIAL SERVICE VOUCHERS: ISSUES FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE - Michael D. Parker
• HERMENEUTICS AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: AN EVALUATION OF THE FUNCTION OF HERMENEUTICS IN A CONSUMER DISABILITY STUDY - Charles Ringma and Christopher Brown
• WAR, PEACE, AND "THE SYSTEM": THREE PERSPECTIVES - Paul Adams
• JOB SATISFACTION AMONG PARAPROFESSIONALS IN ISRAEL - Moshe Sherer
• ASIAN AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS: A COMPARISON OF THE CHINESE, JAPANESE, AND FILIPINOS - Jon K. Matsuoka and Donald H. Ryujin
• OCCUPATIONAL SOCIAL WORK …

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 1, No. 7, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Jimmie Price, Julia Roberts, Wei Ping Pan are 1991 Faculty Award Winners
• President Thomas Meredith Addresses U.S. House Subcommittee on Funding Needs
• Ronald Eckard Awarded Fulbright to Denmark
• Mark Lowry II Receives Malone Fellowship to Egypt
• Cheryl Edwards Selected Talisman Editor
• Heather Falmlen is Student Regent, Associated Student Government President
• WKU Credit Union Offers Home Facts
• Joe Lightfoot, Mary Tayor are Athletes of …

Factors Affecting Indication Rates Of Child Abuse And Neglect For Similar Counties In Illinois, Melinda K. Foulk '91

Honors Projects

This exploratory study examines child abuse and neglect by concentrating on one aspect of this complex public issue: the current state of advocacy in Illinois. Following a review of the literature, this paper explores the vital role of the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and its participation in advocacy for abused and neglected children. A sample of six demographically similar counties from the state of Illinois is selected for study. Although demographically similar, the counties have statistically significant differences between their indication rates--those children found to be abused and neglected through investigation by DCFS. Current and respected theories …

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 1, No. 5, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Fourth Annual Symposium to Honor Robert Penn Warren
• Dr. Louis Marciani is New Athletics Director
• Ball State University Honors President Thomas Meredith with Free Student Press Award
• School Reform Week Remaining Schedule
• ABC's Bill Blakemore to Appear at WKU
• Rodes-Helm Lecture Features Economics in the South
• National Endowment of the Humanities Rep to Visit WKU - Carl Dolan
• WKU Awarded Work-Study Funds
• WKU …

Norfolk Resource Mothers Program Evaluation, Margaret Moore Konefal

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Management

This study uses the post-test only design to assess the preliminary effects of a community-based policy initiative, the Norfolk State University Resource Mothers Program (RMP), on the gestational ages, birth weights, and survival rates of infants born to participating adolescent mothers.

The RMP uses experienced mothers or paraprofessionals similar in race and socio-economic status to the participating teenagers. These persons are trained to assist pregnant adolescents and teen parents with nonmedical dimensions of pregnancy and child care. They recruit teens into the RMP, encouraging them to get early prenatal care. Resource Mothers provide teen mothers and their families with practical …

Social Planning And The Problems Of Old Age, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This paper includes a review of the evolution of social planning in the context of human services. It also includes an elaboration of nine approaches to social planning for aging services: community planning councils, the aging network, Title XX planning, state health planning, service reorganization initiatives, the national network of policy institutes, long-term care planning and housing planning. The paper concludes with a consideration of social planning technology, including needs assessment, resource analysis, comparison of alternatives, determination of priorities, implementation and evaluation. It concludes that social planning has been a primary tool in the long-term development of new institutions and …

Ua11/1 On Campus, Vol. 1, No. 3, Wku University Relations

WKU Administration Documents

On Campus newsletter featuring articles about faculty, staff and events at Western Kentucky University. Regular features are:

• College News
• Sponsored Programs
• Hot off the Press
• Personnel File
• Coming Up - Calendar of Events

This issue includes articles:

• Author Alex Haley will Open School Reform Week at WKU
• Central State University President, Dr. Arthur Thomas, Addresses WKU Spirit of Success Group
• President Thomas Meredith Appointed to Teacher Education Commission
• WKU Observes National Patriots Day
• Education Commissioner Thomas Boysen Says State's Economy Affects School Reform