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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 …

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.

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.

Crisis In Middle Management: A Study Of The Catholic Church In Chicago, Anthony J. Vader

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Violence In College Students' Dating Relationships, Carol K. Sigelman, Carol E. Jordan-Berry, Katharine A. Wiles

Office for Policy Studies on Violence Against Women Publications

In a survey of 504 college students examining predictors of violence in heterosexual relationships, over half of both men and women had committed at least one physically violent act. Modest associations between physical violence and sexual aggression were uncovered. In a series of discriminant analyses, men who abused their partners were not readily distinguished from men who did not, but tended to by young, low in family income, traditional in attitudes toward women, abused as children, currently living with a women, and from Appalachian areas.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 11, No. 4 (December 1984)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Editor ‘s Introduction to the Special Issue “A Sociology of Survivors: Post-Traumatic Shock Syndrome” - DENNIS L. PECK
• Toward An Understanding of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders: An Historical and Contemporary Perspective - SANGEETA SINGG
• Grief and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders - CHARLES P. FLYNN, ALEXANDRA TEGUTS
• A Comparative Analysis of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome Among Individuals Exposed to Different Stressor Events - JOHN P. WILSON, W. KEN SMITH, SUZANNE K. JOHNSON
• Occupational Stress and Depression Among Vietnam Veterans - CHRISTIAN RITTER
• Post-Traumatic Stress and Attributions Among Incest Family Members - INGER J. SAGATUN
• Post-Traumatic Stress and Life …

Review Of Applied Urban Research 1984, Vol. 12, No. 05, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

This issue of Review of Applied Urban Research features "Health Care Professionals' Views of Omaha Hospice Use," by Carole M. Davis, Marjorie J. Corrigan, and Susan Stensland.

At the request of the Community Resources and Service Committee of the Omaha Hospice Organization, this study was made to determine the knowledge and/or use of hospice concepts and programs by health care professionals. These persons were selected for the survey because of the vital role they play in educating potential clients about hospice philosophy and available programs.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 11, No. 3 (September 1984)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Symposium: The Social Security Controversy--Has the Solution Become the Problem? - pp. 510
• The Social Security Controversy and the 1983 Amendments - BRUNO STEIN - pp. 512
• The Social Security Controversy: Does The Solution Ignore The Problem? - MARTIN B. TRACEY - pp. 527
• Services for Battered Women - DECKY FIELDER, KATHARINE HOOPER BRIAR, MARIANNE PIERCE - pp. 540
• Anticipatory Socialization Towards Occupational Retirement - YAEL KRENER, ITZHAK HARPAZ - pp. 558
• Some Principles of Decision Making Under Uncertainty in Long Term Treatment Situations - JULIUS A. ROTH - pp. 585
• Income and Personal Resources: Correlates of …

Client Success Or Failure In A Halfway House, Patrick G. Donnelly, Brian E. Forschner

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

Halfway houses today are diverse entities. Seiter, et al. (1977) found that almost 60 percent of the houses in the United States are private nonprofit organizations. One-third were state operations with the remainder being federal, local or private profit organizations. The programs in the houses varied from those providing supervision and custody to those providing a full range of intensive in-house treatments for particular client needs. Some halfway houses handle only particular types of offenders (e.g., drug addicts) while others handle a wide range of offenders.

Latessa and Allen (1982) suggest that the sociodemographic and criminal history backgrounds of clients …

Services For Battered Women, Decky Fiedler, Katharine Hooper Briar, Marianne Pierce

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Counseling, case management and advocacy services for battered women seeking legal aid broaden their resources and options for dealing with abuse. Findings from a demonstration project specify the range of needs and services mobilized to effectively aid these women with the major life adjustments they and their children face.

Anticipatory Socialization Toward Occupational Retirement, Yael Kremer, Itzhak Harpaz

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The willingness of older workers to participate in a retirement planning program served as an indicator of their anticipatory socialization toward retirement. Six independent variables were introduced in order to examine their effect on the workers' attitude toward pre-retirement counseling (dependent variable). A path analysis revealed that intention to continue working after retirement had a significant negative effect on the dependent variable. The most significant positive effect was that of Educational Level. In the discussion of the findings it is shown that the desire of pre-retirees to continue working is interpreted as un-realistic anticipatory socialization, indicating their reluctance to assume …

Behavioral Social Work In Community And Organizational Settings, Jack Rothman, Bruce A. Thyer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Principles and methods of behavioral social work have found little application at the community and organizational levels of intervention. It is the contention of the authors that integration of such content would enhance practice at these levels. Components of behavioral community intervention are indicated and illustrated in micro/macro settings, with advantages to practice specified. Ethical Considerations in using this methodology are discussed.

Critical Criminology, Traditional Crime, And Public Policy, Ronald C. Kramer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Critical criminologists have often ignored the serious problem of traditional or common street crime. As a result, crime prevention policy has been forfeited to the political right or to those who advocate ineffective liberal reforms. This paper argues that critical criminology can make a contribution to the formulation of public policy concerning traditional crime. Recent theoretical developments within the criitical perspective on crime, as.well as a variety of supporting data, are reviewed and specific policy recommendations to reduce traditional crime are offered. These progressive recommendations constitute an important alternative to the individualistic approaches (liberal or conservative) which now dominate crime …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 11, No. 2 (June 1984)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Critical Criminology, Traditional Crime, And Public Policy - RONALD C. KRAMER
• Behavioral Social Work in Community and Organizational Settings - JACK ROTHMAN, BRUCE A. THYER
• Measuring Ecology in Social Work Supervision: The Relationship Between Work and Treatment Environments and The Quality of Supervision in Israeli Public Welfare Agencies - RON MAIER, EDNA GUTTMANN, ZVI EISIKOVITS
• Get Thee To A Shelter - WILLIAM M. EPSTEIN
• Ethnic Minority Leadership: A Theoretical Perspective - PALLASSANA R. BALGOPAL
• Understanding Gay and Lesbian Aging - PHILIP M. KAYAL
• The Origins of The Service State: On The Ironies of Intervention - TIMOTHY W. …

Ethnic Minority Leadership: A Theoretical Perspective, Pallassana R. Balgopal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although numerous approaches have been utilized to study leadership (focusing on traits, attributes, styles, roles, situations, performance, results, and so on), there is no agreement on the idal approach. The debate over this issue especially as related to the study of ethnic minority leadership continues. In this paper two major approaches - the "Great Main or Trait" and the "Times or Situational" approaches are examined, and the latter is presented as a viable theoretical framework for studying the ethnic minority leadership.

Understanding Gay And Lesbian Aging, Philip M. Kayal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Studying the aging process of "gay men" and "lesbians" is problematic because it assumes that sexual orientation as such is a valid ontological concept and research category. As a master status, sexual orientation by itself is not a particularly useful explanatory variable. Objectivity is further limited by the sexism and homophobia of both the sociological profession and its "in-house" researchers and theoreticians. Perceptions of gay/lesbian aging are particularly colored by the heterosexist emphasis on family life. Arguments are made that institutionalization of the elderly is really the political manifestation of personal and social values which are insensitive to the needs …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 11, No. 1 (March 1984)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The Concept of Employment in Social Welfare Programs: The Need For Change in Concept and Practice - D. MACAROV - pp. 1
• Social Work Intervention With the Aged Toward a Change in the Institutionalized Thought Structure - SHIMON S. GOTTSCHALK, MICHAEL FRUMKIN, ALLAN V. KAUFMAN - pp. 24
• Long Term Care Advocacy Delivery Systems: State and Local Responsibilities - ABRAHAM MONK, LENARD W. KAYE, HOWARD LITWIN - pp. 56
• Improving The Mental Health Care Delivery System For Elderly Nursing Home Patients - RICHARD J. CASTON, SHARON KOHLS, SUSANNA BOZINOVSKI - pp. 71
• Empowerment Through The Needs Assessment …

Social Work Intervention With The Aged: Toward A Change In The Institutionalized Thought Structure, Shimon S. Gottschalk, Michael Frumkin, Allan V. Kaufman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The social problems associated with aging are viewed as derived from a series of socially defined meanings in the areas of: (1) power/authority,(2) responsibility, (3) productivity/work, (4) dependence/ independence,and (5) knowledge/rationality. A parallel series of alternative meanings is proposed which make possible the creation of alternative institutional forms which hold promise for making contemporary problems substantially obsolete. An era of post-professinalism is envisioned in which helping agents become political activists committed to social change on the cognitive, as well as the material level.

Long Term Care Advocacy Delivery Systems: State And Local Responsibilities, Abraham Monk, Lenard W. Kaye, Howard Litwin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper reports the results of a national comparative study of nursing home ombudsman programs for the institutionalized elderly. Of recent origin, patient representative programs have received little critical assessment as to their success in improving the quality of life of America's most vulnerable aged. At the same time, anticipated increases in the number of institutionalized aged coupled with current austerity measures in the health and human services underscores the present and future need to design effective and efficient monitoring/advocacy mechanisms to prevent abuses in long stay institutions. The paper focuses on a description of the current configuration of state …

Using Wiseman Documentaries For Social Problems Courses, Patrick G. Donnelly

Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Faculty Publications

This report describes the use of seven films produced by Frederick Wiseman in a lower course in Modern Social Problems. The goals of the project were: to increase the student awareness and understanding of the day-to-day operations of several basic institutions in American society; to offer a creative and interesting undergraduate course; and to enliven cIass discussion. Since this was a course in social problems, faculty and students focused on the problematic features of the institutions portrayed in the films and on the social problems these institutions are designed to handle.

Ua12/2/1 Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald, featuring articles:

• Paul, Steve. KELI: Making English as Easy as ABC – Kentucky English Language Institute
• Newton, Jonathan. Power & Pride Aboard a Navy Frigate – John A. Moore FFG-19
• Collins, Michael. Date Abuse

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 59, No. 33, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Rose, Barry. Associated Student Government Encouraged to Look at Rights
• Jones, Paige. Author Says Wakeful Days Let You Rest Easier at Night – Elliot Phillips
• Sigma Chi Faces Fine for Violation
• Fowler, Holly. Marching Band Routine Course Added
• Malmer, Victoria. Teacher Translates French Novel – James Babcock
• Student Rights Policy Needs Re-examination
• Bloss, Lou. Editorial Cartoon – USSR
• Administrative Evaluations Need Faculty Suggestions
• Carnes, Ed. Criticizes College Heights Herald
• Baker, Kathleen. Grenadian History Topic of Speech – Reza Ahsan
• Stone, Tom. Task Force Emphasizes Writing …

The Vanguard (Vol. 31, No. 1), Feb 1984, Lutheran Human Relations Association Of America

The Vanguard

Irreparable damage was inflicted on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during a bitter and protracted debate spanning much of 1983. The past year has seen the loss of an independent civil rights 'watchdog' that has served the nation welt for over 25 years. It was a one-of-a-kind agency that will be difficult, if not impossible, to replace.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was created by President Eisenhower in 1957 for the express purpose of investigating and monitoring in an objective manner the civil rights policies of the federal government. Under this responsibility it monitors the performance of federal …

The 1981 T.A.P.S. Program: A Survey In Five California Prisons On Vocational Job Placement And Recidivism Rates, Lorene B. Bird

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Ua21 Wku Affirmative Action Plan Volume Iv, Wku Office Of Equal Opportunity / 504 / Ada Compliance

WKU Administration Documents

This volume contains the workforce analyses, availability rates, goals and timetables for the 1983-84 academic year by departmental units. The ultimate goals are scheduled for 1987.

[Review Of] William Oandasan. A Branch Of California Redwood, Kenneth M. Roemer

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

One of the best ways to introduce readers to the diversity of Indian literatures (and, by implication, Indian experiences) is to expose them to poetry written in English by Indians. One-dimensional stereotypes about Nobel Savages simply cannot withstand the rich variety of a literature that extends at least back to the 19th-century attempts of a few Indian poets-such as William Wilson (Anishinabe), Emily Pauline Johnson (Mohawk), and Alexander Posey (Creek)-to imitate and modify English language poetic models up through the recent poems of hundreds of Indian writers whose backgrounds and poetic inclinations reflect numerous tribal, reservation, and urban experiences, as …

[Review Of] Joseph Owens. Dread: The Rastafarians Of Jamaica, David M. Johnson

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Dread is an exploration of the thought world of the Rastafarian Brethren of Jamaica as synthesized by the author. Father Owens, a white American-born Jesuit priest, did several years of intensive visiting with and listening to Rasta thinkers in the slums of western Kingston, Jamaica; most contact was from 1970 to 1972. He originally met the Rastas while he was doing teaching and social work in the area, and he seems to have been accepted by many of them as a sympathetic listener. Through Owens, Rasta thought comes across as a form of revitalization movement based on a unique interpretation …

[Review Of] Rose Basile Green. Songs Of Ourselves, Maxine S. Seller

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

"The time has come to be both joyous and lyrical about the particular exhilaration in the experience of the American immigrants and their descendents," writes Rose Basile Green in the introduction of this volume of poetry. "In lifting harmonized voices, the people of this nation sing in a symphony of one theme-we are all Americans" (4).

[Review Of] James W. Green. Cultural Awareness In The Human Services, Cecilia E. Dawkins

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

James W. Green has produced a sensitive, thought-provoking book which is based on a multi-ethnic approach in the delivery of human services by social workers. Green is a cultural anthropologist who earned a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Washington where he is currently a faculty member.

A Comparison Of The Corporate Structures And Delivery Of City Services In Omaha And Manila, Roberto Lazaro, Floyd T. Waterman

Publications

No abstract provided.