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A Serendipitous Relationship Between Theory Modification And A Study Of Staff Development, Patricia A. Brown

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

There are instances in which the guiding impetus to a study is a very practical problem, the answers to which are expected to have immediate applicability. Although the practical purpose is accomplished, at the study's end comes the recognition that perhaps the most important contribution of the investigation had been the uncovering of theoretical implications.

The above serendipitous process is applicable to the following report of a limited study of staff development in a new youth serving agency. The study is presented in detail so that the main elements associated with the validation and elaboration of a conceptualization of organizational …

Social Work Practice And The Social Context, Jeffry Galper

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Any effort to define appropriate tasks and directions for social work practice must necessarily come to grips with some analysis of the particular social-political-historical situation within which that practice is being formulated. Too often it seems as though we attempt to define practice abstracted from the particular period in which that practice takes place. It is true, on the one hand, that it is important to develop generic principles of practice. Similarly, it is true that the definition of the social work task is not a matter left solely to the discretion of the profession. In fact, the profession may …

Innovation, Involvement, And Contemporary Service Organizations, Frank A. Kastelic

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Purpose of This Paper

Innovation and involvement have come to be ascribed an almost mystical potency for the task of bringing more relevant services and more human relationships to clients of service organizations. Many descriptive

and hortatory articles have appeared in the social welfare and health literature concerning the virtues of contemporary organizations exhibiting these characteristics, but little in the way of hard thinking about their real implications to service organizations has been done. The majority of the articles are reprises of proposals, or accounts of the first year or two of a program, with an emphasis upon positive prospects …

The Significance Of Ethnicity In Staffing Corrections, Alfred J. Kutzik

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Until recently the total thrust of efforts to improve the staffing of corrections has been towards the recruitment and development of trained personnel. In the past decade it has begun to be recognized that factors other than training have to be taken into account. Largely as a result of California's groundbreaking Community Treatment Project the personality of staff is now considered by some to be as important as their training and in a few programs those with certain types of personality and training have been assigned to work, i.e., "matched", with juvenile offenders who have …

Evaluating A Pilot Social Service Project For Widows: A Chronicle Of Research Problems, S. Roxanne Hiltz

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The decade of the 70's has seen the appearance of a number of publications in the area of "evaluation research", the effort to systematically apply social science research methods to the evaluation of action programs set up for the purpose of helping to solve social problems. Evaluation research is thus one area in which social scientists can be of direct aid in setting public policy about social welfare services.

An excellent primer on the problems that are likely to arise in the course of an evaluation effort and the "conventional wisdom" that has been developed thus far is Carol Weiss' …

Recipients' Attitudes Toward Welfare, Kirk W. Elifson, William S. Little, William Chamberlain

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

While the general plight of welfare recipients has long been recognized, little or nothing to date has been ascertained concerning their views toward the system that largely determines their lives. Many recipients find themselves manipulated by a less than personalized bureaucracy but few researchers have sought to examine the experiences and attitudes of these recipients toward that system. Given the recent figures which indicate a "welfare explosion" (Piven and Cloward, 1971), and the vast expenditures for public assistance programs (Skolnick and Dales, 1969:5), the lack of systematic empirical research in this area is disconcerting. Such information should be of considerable …

Interorganizational Conflict: The Case Of Police Youth Bureaus And The Juvenile Court, C. David Hollister, Joe Hudson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Police departments, juvenile courts, training schools, and a variety of welfare organizations together constitute the network of agencies formally instituted to deal with juvenile deviance.I Because each of the organizations has an interest in reducing deviance, it is sometimes assumed that they share the same goals and work closely and cooperatively with each other. The purpose of this paper is to report on an exploratory study of inter-organizational relations at one link in this network: relations between police youth bureaus and the juvenile court.

Electives And Undergraduate Social Work Education In A State University, H. Wayne Johnson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

From the beginning of its interest in undergraduate instruction, the Council on Social Work Education has stressed the importance of a broad liberal education for baccalaureate social workers . Such emphasis was restated twice in subsequent CSWE documents, and more recently in other materials which enunciate the standards for the new undergraduate accreditation process commencing in 1974. It is much easier to state the notion of a general education than it is to describe its content and character and there is a tendency to become ambiguous. We are prone to resort to a high level of generalization in characterizing a …

Relief Vs. Rehabilitation: Conflicting Goals Within The American Social Welfare System, Matthew Silberman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

There are two distinct orientations within the American social welfare system. The first orientation is a bureaucratic one in which heteronomous agencies are committed to a set of externally imposed regulations designed to provide relief to individuals who require some form of assistance in order to survive (Blau, 1965; Friedlander, 1968: 258-284; Wilensky and Lebeaux, 1965:233-282). Assistance usually takes the form of monetary grants. The second orientation is professional in character (Meyer, 1959). In many agencies, priority is given to the provision of the rehabilitative services to which professionally trained social workers are committed in principle and to which nonprofessionals, …

Bulletin - Western Michigan University: The Undergraduate Catalog 1974-1975, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

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Faculty Recognition Dinner 1974, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Recognition Dinner

May 31, 1974

Honored Retirees:

• L. Dale Faunce
• Margaret Feather
• Deldee M. Herman
• Dorothy McCuskey
• Clarice Carmody Platt
• Lilija Puze
• Frank Lloyd Van Voorhees
• Marjorie Vivan

Threshold 1974, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Yearbooks (1906-1985)

• Changing Face of Campus • College of Applied Sciences • College of Business • College of Arts and Sciences • College of Education • College of General Studies • College of Fine Arts • Graduate College • Honors College • R.O.T.C. • Athletic Facilities • Libraries • Student Unions • Student Services • Student Employment • Career Placement • Continuing Education • Maintenance • Campus Police

Western Official News, April 11, 1974, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Myron L. Coulter; Interim President on Job, Incomplete (I) Grade Clarified, Probationary Period Extended, Publications Committee Created By President, Dr. Miller's Portrait Is Installed in Auditorium, Financial Assistance for Undergraduates, Rules for Research Involving Human Subjects

University Magazine Vol. 32 No. 3, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• President's Message
• Old and New Renaissance Women
• The Black Woman in Literature: Who Is She?
• The Female College Graduate and the Job Market
• Women's Resource Center
• Mom Gets Her Bachelor's Degree
• Yes Virginia, WMU Does Have Inter-Collegiate Athletics for Women
• Notes from Paradise
• Alumni News
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam

Faculty Publications 1972-73, Western Michigan University

Faculty Contributions (1950-1981)

Faculty Publications 1972-73 is the eleventh major compilation of the publications of the .Faculty of Western Michigan University and is designed mainly to apprise the Faculty of the University of the breadth of writing of their colleagues.

The Impact Of Directly Mailed Family Planning Materials To Afdc Welfare Mothers, Paul J. Placek

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Communications research has repeatedly documented the fact that people are affected by the various forms of mass media, and so family planning programs have begun to use television (Hutchinson, 1970), radio, movies, posters, telephones (Dabbs and Neiger, 1970), newspapers, and various combinations of these media (Clark and Morris, 1972; Chase, 1972; Balakrishnan, 1967; Takeshita, 1966; Cernada and Lu, 1972) in transmitting the message of family planning. Our present media focus, however, involves direct mailing, which in contrast to other media, often has the advantages of being sent by an authoritative or prestigious source, is relatively …

Ethnicity, Professionalism, And Black Paternalism: Implications For Social Welfare Services, Robert S. Bartlett

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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The assumption around the use of nonprofessionals as members of the agency team suggest that the "bridge" function is enhanced when the new worker and the client-system are similar in such factors as ethnicity, class, cultural background, religion, and so on. Data from a 1968 survey tested Grosser's hypothesis: "that staff similarity with the client in ethnicity...will result in greater accuracy regarding the client and his community (1966:60)". Grosser's hypothesis was tested at a black staffed community action agency, serving a black ghetto in a large metropolitan city in the northeastern section of the United …

The 'Credentials Trap' And Social Work Staff Utilization, Ralph Segalman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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From an examination of the foregoing charted analysis, it is apparent that social work probably cannot make much progress until it has overcome its "identity crisis." Differentiation of tasks based on outmoded or societally irrelevant models can only aggravate, rather than solve social work's confusion in relation to more effective utilization of manpower and resources.

A Study Of Leadership Concepts And Their Application In Family-Life Education Training Courses In A Seventh-Day Adventist Community, John B. Youngberg

Dissertations

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Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring 1974)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

• Ethnicity, Professionalism, and Black Paternalism: Implications for Social Welfare Services - Robert S. Bartlett - Page 101
• The "Credential Trap" and Social Work Staff Utilization - Ralph Segalman - Page 112
• Academe: Internship: The Delicate Balance - Robert F. Kronick - Page 130
• Pandora Box: The Liberation of Welfare Mothers - Bonnie Morel Edington - Page 135
• The Impact of Directly Mailed Family Planning Materials to AFDC Welfare Mothers - Paul J. Placek - Page 156

Academe: Internship: The Delicate Balance, Robert F. Kronick

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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There appears to be a battle that heretofore has been a brushfire incursion, but what may now have the possibility of becoming something more involved. This is the raging debate between "traditional" scholars and those now committed to off-campus or experiential learning. Historically, there has always been disagreement over what constituted learning or how to evaluate what was learned. Now the area of disparagement appears to be over the legitimacy of off-campus experiences as learning and, secondly, how to evaluate these experiences as academic enterprises. As always seems to be the case in debates such …

Pandora's Box: The Liberation Of Welfare Mothers, Bonnie Morel Edington

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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The non-"misandrist" mainstream of the women's movement has suggested that, more than women being liberated from male oppression, both sexes need to be liberated from the tyranny of culturally determined sex roles, the last bastion of ascribed status. If all social roles were androgynous they could be based on more relevant criteria. For example, children would be encouraged to develop skills and talents without regard for their "appropriateness" to gender, the male-female ratio in the work force and in nearly all specific occupations would be virtually equal, pay would be equal, and the number of …

University Magazine Vol. 32 No. 2, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Our University

• A President's Farewell

• Professional Education for Work In:

• The Human Service Professions

• The Field of Substance Abuse

• Community Mental Health

• Corrections and Criminal Justice

• Gerontology

• The Family

• Social Planning and Administration

• Sports

• Bill Neal ...1 of Only 2

• Alumni News

• In Memoriam

The Informant Volume Vi, Number 2, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume VI, Number 2

Winter 1974

• Linguistics Aspects of Intercultural Adjustment in East Africa
• Course and Program Changes
• Course Changes -- Undergraduate Courses
• Course Changes -- 500 Level Courses
• Revised Linguistics Major and Minor
• Spring, Summer, and Fall Schedules
• New Majors and Minors
• Faculty Activities
• Enrollment -- Winter Semester 1974
• Graduation
• Student Honors, Awards, and Assistantships
• Winter Reception and Speaker
• Call for Papers

Non-Traditional Degree Programs, Charles G. Morris, Phillip D. Adams, Don M. Flournoy, Allen M. Kepke, S. D. Lovell, Warren S. Smith

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Session 4 of the Annual Meeting of the Association for General and Liberal Studies which was held at Michigan State University, October 17 through October 19, 1974.

A Program in Humanities

How About Accountability?

Non-Traditional Degrees

General And Liberal Studies For The Career-Oriented Student, Ernest H. Blaustein, Myrtle Beinhauer, Wilton Eckley, K. D. Briner

Perspectives (1969-1979)

Session 6 of the Annual Meeting of the Association for General and Liberal Studies which was held at Michigan State University, October 17 through October 19, 1974.

General and Liberal Education and Career Education: Partners

Iron Lids and Morning Stars: A Challenge for Liberal Arts

Between Scylla and Charbydis the Perils of False Dichotomy

Bulletin - Western Michigan University: The Graduate Catalog 1974-1975, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Graduate Calendar of Events
• Board of Trustees
• Administrative Officers
• The Graduate College
• Section I General Policies and Procedures
• Section II Master's Degree Programs and Requirements
• Section III Specialist Degree Programs and Requirements
• Section IV Doctoral Degree Programs and Requirements
• Section V Description of Graduate Courses
• Section VI The Graduate Faculty
• Index

Social Science And Social Welfare: Toward A Society For The Solution Of Social Problems, Andrew Billingsley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Do existing social work texts contribute to a student's recognition of professional values and issues and of the implicit ideological bases for these? The following study contends that they do not, and that their failures are quite similar to those found by Mills in his examination social pathology texts.

Our concern today with social science and social welfare policy is in keeping with the purposes and conceptions of the founders of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. In those early days these men and women were idealists- -they were reformists, but they also …

Public Housing As An Instrument Of Income Redistribution: Social And Economic Impact, John P. Huttman, Elizabeth D. Huttman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Housing possesses certain characteristics which qualify it for an instrumental role in income redistribution policy. Housing is a commodity which for the poor is generally deficient in quality and frequently inadequate in quantity even at modest quality levels. The poor pay a substantial share of their income for housing. The majority of families with incomes under four thousand dollars spend over one-fourth of their total income on housing, while most of those with incomes under two thousand dollars annually normally spend over one-third for housing, as compared with less than one sixth of average family …

Swedish Child Welfare Worker: Estrangement And Alienation In An Ideal Situation, Implications For American Social Policy, The, Wayne Plasek

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Our research was guided by an interest in the attitudes of social workers toward their personal work situation, their occupation, its place in the society, and other matters. It seemed likely that in a welfare state, the position of the profession and the attitudes of its practitioners would reflect its key position within the society. If such expectations were borne out, we might be able to make predictions concerning such attitudes among American social workers should the welfare program be greatly expanded.