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Lay Counseling: The Basis Of Prevention In Mental Health, James R. Seaberg

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of this paper is to increase the recognition of lay counseling as a basis of mental health prevention and to present a summary of the state of knowledge about it. Lay counseling is cast as one of several components of mental health prevention and treatment, a definition is offered which distinguishes it from paraprofessional and selp-help services, knowledge about it both direct and tangential is summarized, and future research and policy implications are discussed.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 6, No. 4 (June 1979)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Table of Contents

• The Social Construction of Professional Knowledge: Social Work Ideology, 1956-1973 - DANNY L. JORGENSEN - pp 434
• A Study of Strategies Used In The Pursuit of Legal Regulation of Social Work - JOHN T. GANDY, FRANK B. RAYMOND - pp 464
• Exploring The Validity of Multi Causal Models In
• Problem Analysis: The Case of Child Abuse - NOLAN RINDFIEISCH - pp 477
• Racial Segregation: The Impact of Monthly Contract Rent and Family Income - GEORGE E. 0’C0NNELL - pp 494
• Do Agency Admínistrative Changes Affect The Effectíveness and Efficiency of DHR Employees? - RICHARD M. GRINNELL, JR., …

Racial Segregation: The Impact Of Monthly Contract Rent And Family Income, George E. O'Connell

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The socioeconomic model of racial segregation is evaluated in terms of the impact of monthly contract rent and family income on the housing patterns of blacks and nonblacks. On the basis of 1970 census tract data for four metropolitan areas--Newark, Detroit, Dallas and San Francisco-Oakland--the analysis is carried out using Taeuber's index of dissimilarity and the method of indirect standardization. The results indicate that the socioeconomic model helps to explain racial segregation when rent differences between blacks and nonblacks are analyzed as the cause. Analysis by family income, however, indicates that for many black families the problem is not that …

Social Choice And Policy Formulation: Problems And Considerations In The Construction Of The Public Interest, Irv Berkowitz

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The need for and adoption of certain social policies for the nation are frequently rationalized by their advocates as being in the public interest. Often, though, the interest of the many merely disguises the special interests and wants of the few. It is obvious that the social choices made in the policy process only rarely benefit the interests of all without being adversely consequential to some. This paper argues that the problem of social choice in the conflictual process of policy making is as much a conceptual dilemma as a practical political or economic one. A major source of this …

The Social Construction Of Professional Knowledge: Social Work Ideology, 1956-1973, Danny L. Jorgensen

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper reports on patterns and trends of ideological advocacy in social work. Findings from a content analysis of Social Work indicate that conceptions of this service profession have changed over a recent eighteen year period. Changes in professional meanings are analyzed in terms of authors' educational status, employment setting, and the problematic topics they discussed. This analysis supports a process model of reality construction in professional arenas and provides implications for the self-conscious management of professional imagery.

Exploring The Validity Of Multi Causal Models In Problem Analysis: The Case Of Child Abuse, Nolan Rindfleisch

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of the study reported here was to assess the validity of a multi-causal view of child abuse as it is manifested in children's institutions. The analytical model utilized underlines the powerful role that norms play in creating differential predispositions to violence, that pressures and structural position play in creating differential chances of violence among people with different predispositions and that a sense of injustice plays as a dynamic through which violence is generated.

This ex post facto study utilized role playing techniques to examine voluntary harm doing in a purposive sample of 100 direct caregivers in 42 living …

Consciousness Raising, Values, And Practice Behavior, Joseph R. Steiner

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper advocates for more conscious awareness of values, and their logical link, along with knowledge, to practice. A logical network is developed which reveals the association between values, knowledge, and practice behaviors. Excnples from social work literature are used to illustrate the breakdown in the logical development of practice which occurs when values are suppressed or are only dealt with subjectively. Examples are also given based upon a planning group in which values were defined and used with community data to logically deduce 'what ought to be done." A plan for self study is also developed.

Status Enhancement And Social Problem Concerns: An Essay On The Course Of State Social Work Associations, Timothy Lause

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Social work's ability to contribute to the development of a more just and humanistic society is currently Inhibited by a state-level preoccupation with status enhancement. Professional status consciousness, in Itself, does have potential for promoting developmental forms of professional accountability and the further humanization of service bureaucracies. Current circumstances, however, prevent the fulfillment of either of these potentials.

Western News, May 24, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Department Heads Named by Board, Faculty Promotions Announced, Schneider to Retire June 30, Faculty Member Wins Grant, Gifts and Grants Reported, Shakespearean Festival Tours Announced, Last Day to Drop Classes, Dr. Kenneth Engle Dies, Program Presenters at Conference, Article on Radio Drama Published, Bookstore Employee Completes Seminar, Honors College has Danforth Fellowship Information, Doctoral Examinations Set, Hoy Cited for NACDA Hall of Fame Membership

Western News, May 17, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Carnegie Librarian to Lecture Here, University Office Hours Will Change, Names of Committee Members Announced, Trustees will Meet Here Friday, Workshop Planned for Minority Students, Battle Creek Students to Receive Aid, WMU Co-Sponsors Neighborhood Workshop, The Differences in Male/Female Communication, Incentive Fund Awarded for Research, Of Interest to all at Western, Graduate Assistantship Available, Workshop on "Dressing Up" Saturday

Western News, May 10, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMUK Wins Top Award in Broadcasting, Spring Session Enrollment is Up, Applicants Will Visit Campus, Kanley Chapel Windows are Dedicated, Summer Class Schedules Due, Funds Received for Criminal Justice Internships, String Quartet to Perform Here, Bargains Galore at Saturday's Surplus Auction, Alberta l. Brown Lectures Continue, Add Two More to List of Retiring Faculty, Student Leaders Needed, Midwest Regionals Next for Women's Softball Team, Doctoral Examination Date Listed, Intramural Department Lists Hours, CEO Services Offered during Spring Session

Western News, May 3, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Program Review Advisory Committee Named, Bennett Elected Faculty Senate President, Trustees get Two 1979-80 Fee Proposals, Appointments Approved by Trustees, "Restoration of Old Houses" is May 5 Workshop, Announce Annual APA Meeting, Tuesday Sessions Will Teach Self-Defense, University Hosts Congress on Medieval Studies, Special Craft Workshops for Faculty, Staff

University Magazine Vol. 5 No. 1, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1963-1980)

• Michigan's Endangered Species-Why Care?
• On Campus
• Periscope on People
• Bronco Sports
• Alumni News
• Class Notes
• In Memoriam

Requisites For The Establishment, Implementation, And Evaluation Of Social Work Treatment Programs For Anti-Social Children, John S. Wodarski

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Requisites for the establishment, implementation and evaluation of social work treatment programs for anti-social children are reviewed. Specific items discussed are: how does one ascertain the level at which change efforts should be directed, i.e., individual, group, organizational, or societal; what is the appropriate context for behavioral change; who should act as the change agent; what characteristics should the worker possess; what are the rationale for service provided; how long should the treatment continue; how does one prepare for the termination of treatment and maintenance of behavior; what organizational factors of treatment contexts are pertinent to the constructive delivery of …

Professionalism And The Control Of Knowledge, John M. Booker, Allen W. Imershein

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Madness becomes mental illness through the joint project of psychiatry and the community of consensus lent to it. The psychiatrist, like the shaman (to paraphrase Leve'-Strauss), acts through the cultural plasma of his times. And the psychiatrist provides a definition for events, making mental illness of madness, while occupying a unique position within the scheme of society.

Psychiatry has been attacked from many directions in recent years. Despite these varied challenges, however, its power appears to have abated little if at all. How can we account for this fact? On the surface one might assume that the scientific basis or …

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 6, No. 3 (May 1979)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Table of Contents

• Three Mile Island - A Personal Report - JAMES R. HUDSON - pp. 288
• Implications of Racism for Social Work Practice - SEYMOUR MIRELOWITZ - pp. 297
• Psychiatry and Society: Professionalism and the Control of Knowledge - JOHN M. BOOKER, ALLEN W. IMERSHEIN - pp. 313
• The Social Policy of Denial: Unemployment in Israel - HARRIS CHAIKLIN - pp. 326
• Requisites for the Establishment, Implementation and Evaluation of Social Work Treatment Programs for Anti-Social Children - JOHN S. WODARSKI - pp. 339
• Public Monitoring of Contracts with Nonprofit Organizations: Organizational Mission in Two Sectors - BRUCE S. …

Implications Of Racism For Social Work Practice, Seymour Mirelowitz

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper examines school and practice issues in social work in relationship to the concepts of ethnicity, minority groups, racism, and institutional racism. Operational definitions to establish conceptual clarity are also developed. The statistical aspects of progression vis-a-vis cultural diversity in social work institutions, enrollment in schools of social work, and representation on the faculty of schools of social work are studied. Social policy and the implementation of change in social work practice and education are then dealt with in relation to the current reality of the profession and the society in which it functions.

Three Mile Island - A Personal Report, James R. Hudson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

March 29, 1979 was the first day of the spring term at The Pennsylvania State University--Capitol Campus. I had joined a car pool and as we drove from Lancaster to Middletown the conversation centered on the news from Three Mile Island. We were clearly unaware of the severity of the problem, but two of the riders were active in anti-nuclear energy organizations. They were grim and intense. Their central concern at the moment was how to mobilize the campus in some way to respond to the potential hazard. There was a certain deja vu in the themes of the conversation. …

Public Monitoring Of Contracts With Nonprofit Organizations: Organizational Mission In Two Sectors, Bruce S. Jansson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Public officials in the human service delivery system must wrestle with complex decisions regarding utilization of agencies in the nonpublic sector to deliver publicly funded services. Data from a survey of 167 agencies in a major metropolitan area suggest that there are still substantial differences in priorities and service approaches of public and nonpublic agencies. These differences suggest that public officials may need to devote more resources to ascertaining whether and when public agencies should themselves deliver publicly funded services and to strengthening public monitoring of contracts in the private sector.

The Stable Poor And Criticism Of Poverty Area Agencies, Peter L. Heller, Maria Del Carmen Rivera-Worley, H. Paul Chalfant

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

International and cross-cultural research concerning populations living in poverty have uncovered similarities in attitudes and behaviors associated with participation in society's institutional systems. One of these similarities is that feelings of alienation are an inevitable "reaction of the poor to their marginal position in a class-stratified, highly individuated, capitalistic society" (Lewis, 1966:21). These feelings, in turn, have led poor people in general to withdraw from participation in community life, including the community's institutions charged with the task of delivering services associated with physical welfare. The central task of this paper is to report findings that suggest that the degree of …

Loneliness And Deprivation: The Case Of Roman Catholic Priests, John F. Schnabel, John P. Koval

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Using Roman Catholic Priests as a test in order to control for deprivation in relationships of intimacy while maximizing the need for social network relationships, an examination was made of their differential experience of loneliness.

The evidence suggested repeatedly that priests were more likely to experience loneliness as a serious problem when they perceived that the social network which they regarded as most significant in their lives (the Church) placed some kind of structural limitation on the extent of their involvement in it. Factors, for example, which help determine the individual priest's place in the structure of the Church are: …

Western News, April 18, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Nearly 1,800 Will Be Graduated Saturday in Read Fieldhouse, Last Meeting In Retirement Series Will Be May 1, SW Michigan Mortar Board Alumni Meet May 8, Art; Music Depts. Receive Gifts of Over $100,000, Criminal Justice Internships; Spring; Fall; Winter Terms

Western News, April 11, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Faculty Survey Supports Pilot Academic Program Review Test, Ecology Day Is Today, Summer; Fall Class Schedules Are Available, ASCAP Honors Curtis-Smith, Flight Instructors Course Planned, Shearing Experience Provided, Conference Focus On Early Childhood Library Programs, Arts Council Honors Holmes, Ad Impact on Children Studied, Women's Festival April 28, H.H.S. Awards Announced, Engineering For Women Workshop Set

The Socializer, April 1979, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

Volume 1, Number 18 of the Socializer, published April 1979.

Remedial College Freshmen English Students: Description And Characteristics, Mark E. Thompson, Bonnie C. Plummer

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This report is an analysis of the characteristics found among students in remedial, freshman English classes at a large, mid-south, regional university. At the end of the 1977 Spring Semester, 187 students from 13 remedial, freshman English classes were analyzed in terms of ability, motivation to attend classes and career choice (declared or undeclared majors). These variables were analyzed and compared to achievement levels (grades).

Personality Correlates Of Endometriosis, Mary Lou Collins

Dissertations

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Racial And Class Biases In The Criminal Justice System: A Radical Conflict Interpretation, Mansoor Moaddel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Inmate Deaths In Kalamazoo County, Berrien County And 42 States: A Comparative Analysis For The Years 1970-1977, Janice Bernice Howard

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Behavioral Analysis Of Ethical Systems, Glen R. Peterson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Interaction With Americans And Length Of Stay Related To The Unfavorable Attitudes Of Saudi Students Toward The Traditional Family Ideology, Ibrahim Obeidy

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.