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Fatherhood Arrested: Parenting From Within The Juvenile Justice System. Ann M. Nurse.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

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Prostitution Policy: Revolutionizing Practice Through A Gendered Perspective. Lenore Kuo.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Lenore Kuo, Prostitution Policy: Revolutionizing Practice through a Gendered Perspective. New York: New York University Press, 2002. $40.00 hardcover.

Practicing Sociology: Selected Fields. Robert A. Dentler.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Robert A. Dentler, Practicing Sociology: Selected Fields. Westport, CT: Praegar, 2002. $22.95 papercover.

Linking Welfare Clients To Jobs: Discretionary Use Of Worker Social Capital, Michelle Livermore, Alison Neustrom

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The overarching theme of the 1996 welfare reform law was to move clients from dependency to self-sufficiency by facilitating their entry into the labor market. While numerous mechanisms were used to do this, this study explores discretionary actions taken by workers to help clients find jobs, namely, tapping into their own social capital. Respondents in one urban and one rural county in a southern state reported using their own social capital to get information regarding job openings and to exert influence to get clients hired. Notably, respondents at all levels of the bureaucracy expected this behavior to occur. Both the …

What's Need Got To Do With It? Barriers To Use Of Nonprofit Social Services, Rebecca Joyce Kissane

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In recent years, legislators have called upon private nonprofit and proprietary organizations to assume a larger role in provision of public benefits to poor persons. Little research, however, has examined poor people's willingness to use nonprofit agencies in lieu of public welfare. This analysis draws data from over 2 years of fieldwork and in-depth interviews with twenty poor women in Philadelphia. I demonstrate that decisions to use nonprofits are contingent upon stigma, information, practical predicaments (e.g., agency hours), and perceived need. I explore the implications of these impediments in a post-welfare reform landscape, while focusing on how decisions to use …

Review Of Creating Fear: News And The Construction Of A Crisis. David L. Altheide. Reviewed By Allan Brawley., Allan Brawley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of David L. Altheide, Creating Fear: News and the Construction of a Crisis. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 2002. $26.95 papercover.

Review Of Diminishing Welfare: A Cross National Study Of Social Provision. Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg And Marguerite Rosenthal (Eds.). Reviewed By Charles Guzzetta., Charles Guzzetta

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg and Marguerite Rosenthal (Eds.), Diminishing Welfare: A Cross National Study of Social Provision. Westport, CT: Auburn House, 2002. $28.00 paperback.

Children As Pawns: The Politics Of Educational Reform. Timothy A. Hacsi.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Timothy A. Hacsi, Children as Pawns: The Politics of Educational Reform. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2002. $39.95 hardcover.

Council On Social Work Education: Its Antecendents And First Twenty Years. Katherine Kendall.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Katherine Kendall, Council on Social Work Education: Its Antecendents and First Twenty Years. Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education. $23.95 papercover.

The Mommy Track: The Consequences Of Gender Ideology And Aspirations On Age At First Motherhood, Jennifer Stewart

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

While there is extensive and compelling evidence that growing up in an impoverished background leads to early fertility, few studies explain why early socioeconomic disadvantage leads to early childbearing. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, I test whether gender ideology, as well as educational and occupational aspirations, mediates the connection between poverty and teen fertility patterns. Traditional gender ideology depresses age at first motherhood. Adolescent aspirations appear to act as protective factors in the production of early pregnancy.

Changing Women: An Ethnographic Study Of Homeless Mothers And Popular Education, Lorna Rivera

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article discusses ethnographic research conducted between 1995 and 1998 that studied the impact of popular education on the lives of fifty homeless and formerly homeless mothers. Data collection involved indepth interviews and participant observation in a family shelter located in one of Boston's poorest neighborhoods. The article argues that popular education increased the women's self-esteem, they were inspired to help other low-income women, they learned to advocate for their rights and they became more involved in their children's education. The findings suggest that popular education can best address the academic, personal, and community goals of very poor women.

The Settlement House Tradition: Current Trends And Future Concerns, Beverly Koerin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The settlement tradition represents a comprehensive approach that "strengthens individual and neighborhood assets, and builds collective capacity to address community problems" (Hirota, Brown, & Martin, 1996, p. i). While there is a rich literature on the history of the settlement movement, there is little information about contemporary settlement houses. This paper reports findings of a national survey of settlement houses/neighborhood centers that provide information about programs and services offered, populations served, unmet community needs, and policies or trends that contribute to or respond to these needs.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 2003)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• THE MOMMY TRACK: THE CONSEQUENCES OF GENDER IDEOLOGY AND ASPIRATIONS ON AGE AT FIRST MOTHERHOOD - Jennifer Stewart
• CHANGING WOMEN: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF HOMELESS MOTHERS AND POPULAR EDUCATION - Lorna Rivera
• THE SETTLEMENT HOUSE TRADITION: CURRENT TRENDS AND FUTURE CONCERNS - Beverly Koerin
• THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS IN A NEW FOSTER PLACEMENT: PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT,
• PARENTAL CONTACT AND PLACEMENT DISRUPTION - James G. Barber & Paul H. Delfabbro
• LINKING WELFARE CLIENTS TO JOBS: DISCRETIONARY USE OF WORKER SOCIAL CAPITAL - Michelle Livermore & Alison Neustrom
• HEAD START, OTHER PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS, & LIFE SUCCESS IN A YOUTH COHORT …

The First Four Months In A New Foster Placement: Psychosocial Adjustment, Parental Contact And Placement Disruption, James G. Barber, Paul H. Delfabbro

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Intake and four-month follow-up measures were obtained for 235 children referred into a new foster care placement over a 12-month period in the Australian State of South Australia. Twenty-five percent of the sample returned home within 4-months, and for those who remained in care throughout, there had been modest gains in behavior, psychological adjustment and adjustment at school. On the other hand, there were considerable levels of placement disruption, a high degree of non-compliance with parental visiting plans, and a high proportion of children fell outside ninety-five percent confidence intervals for the general adolescent population on most well-being measures, particularly …

Why Special Populations Are Not The Target Of Family Preservation Services: A Case For Program Reform, Ramona W. Denby, Carla M. Curtis

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The number of children who have been placed outside their homes of origin as a result of abuse, neglect, delinquency, emotional problems, or developmental disabilities, is astronomical and steadily increasing. Of this number, "special populations" like children of color continue to be disproportionately represented. Intensive family preservation, a program that attempts to reduce out-of-home placement rates, has not demonstrated empirically, a sustained record of success in the reduction of placement rates among special populations. The purpose of the current study was to understand the manner in which special populations are targeted for services by examining the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors …

Review Of Drug War Heresies: Learning From Other Vices, Times & Places. Robert J. Maccoun And Peter Reuter. Reviewed By Lorraine T. Midanik., Lorraine T. Midanik

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter, Drug War Heresies: Learning from Other Vices, Times & Places. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002. $75.00 hardcover, $25.00 papercover.

Review Of The Environment: Its Role In Psychosocial Functioning And Psychotherapy. Carolyn Saari. Reviewed By Timothy Page., Timothy Page

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Carolyn Saari, The Environment: Its Role in Psychosocial Functioning and Psychotherapy. New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. $49.50 hardcover, $22.00 papercover.

Review Of Ageism: Stereotyping And Prejudice Against Older Persons. Todd Nelson (Ed.). Reviewed By Nancy R. Hooyman., Nancy R. Hooyman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Todd Nelson (Ed). Ageism: Stereotyping and Prejudice Against Older Persons. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002. $45.95 hardcover.

Review Of Care Work: The Quest For Security. Mary Daly (Ed.). Reviewed By Katherine Van Wormer., Katherine Van Wormer

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Mary Daly (Ed.) Care Work: The Quest for Security. Paperback. Geneva: International Labour Office, 2002. $20 papercover.

The Funding Of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper And The Pioneer Fund. William H. Tucker.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for William H. Tucker, The Funding of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper and the Pioneer Fund. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2002. $34.95 hardcover.

Beyond The New Paternalism: Basic Security As Equality. Guy Standing.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Guy Standing, Beyond the New Paternalism: Basic Security as Equality. New York: Verso, 2002. $70.00 hardcover, $22.00 papercover.

The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations And The Provision Of Welfare. Ram A. Cnaan With Stephanie C. Boddie, Femida Handy, Gaynor Yancey And Richard Schneider.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Ram A. Cnaan with Stephanie C. Boddie, Femida Handy, Gaynor Yancey and Richard Schneider, The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare. New York: New York University Press, 2002. $60.00 hardcover, $19.50 papercover.

The New World Of Welfare. Rebecca Blank And Ron Haskins (Eds.).

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Rebecca Blank and Ron Haskins (Eds.), The New World of Welfare. Brookings Institution Press, 2001. $22.95 papercover.

Turning The Kaleidoscope: Telling Stories In Rhetorical Spaces, Bonnie M. Winfield

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

In this essay, I reflect on the work of Lorraine Code on Rhetorical Spaces and the work of Dorothy Smith on Institutional Ethnography to explore how stories are translated and seen as though looking through the different turns of a kaleidoscope. The stories I am referring to here are intake stories in human service agencies. The question is how do the front line human service workers translate the noise of everyday/night life of the "client" into the human service jargon/forms. I also explore the issues of how the front line worker with the intention of being professional. disembodies herself and …

What Works? Evidence Based Policy And Practice In Public Services. Huw T.O. Davies, Sandra M. Nutley And Peter C. Smith (Eds.).

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Huw T.O. Davies, Sandra M. Nutley and Peter C. Smith (Eds.). What Works? Evidence Based Policy and Practice in Public Services. Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2001. $81.00 hardcover, $32.50 papercover.

Dorothy Smith And Knowing The World We Live In, Marie Campbell

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The paper presents an account of the scholarly work of Canadian sociologist, feminist, theorist and activist, Dorothy E. Smith, leading up to her development of institutional ethnography as "a sociology for people." Drawing on selected writings, the author discusses some of the major ideas, debates and practical influences that are part of Smith's scholarly trajectory. The line of thinking that is illustrated is how her feminism was integral to her celebrated critique and re-writing of sociological method.

Review Of Theories For Practice: Symbolic Interactionist Translations. James A. Forte. Reviewed By Daniel Coleman., Daniel Coleman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of James A. Forte, Theories for Practice: Symbolic Interactionist Translations. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 2001. $68 hardcover

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 30, No. 1 (March 2003)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Special Issue on Institutional Enthnography: Theory and Practice

• DOROTHY SMITH AND KNOWING THE WORLD WE LIVE IN - Marie Campbell
• TURNING THE KALEIDOSCOPE: TELLING STORIES IN RHETORICAL SPACES - Bonnie M. Winfield
• "ARE YOU BEGINNING TO SEE A PATTERN HERE?" FAMILY AND MEDICAL DISCOURSES SHAPE THE STORY OF BLACK INFANT MORTALITY - Elaine R. Cleeton
• "FOR THE FAMILY": ASIAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN'S TRIPLE DAY - Kamini Maraj Grahame
• CHRONIC ILLNESS AND ACADEMIC ACCOMMODATION: MEETING DISABLED STUDENTS' "UNIQUE NEEDS" AND PRESERVING THE INSTITUTIONAL ORDER OF THE UNIVERSITY - Karen E. Jung
• A CHILD'S DEATH: LESSONS FROM HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS' …

Antiracism Discourse: The Ideological Circle In A Child World, Miu Chung Yan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Antiracism is a dominant discourse in contemporary societies. The understanding of antiracism, however, varies. Government, through its own textually mediated organization of apparatus, tends to homogenize the discourse. This paper is to demonstrate, by employing institutional ethnography, how a child's act can ignite the socially organized textual engine to include the children's world in the ideological circle of antiracism discourse dominated by the government. Institutional ethnography, as demonstrated in this paper, is a useful tool for social workers to deconstruct the textual condition in which social work practice is embedded. The ideological circle is a powerful concept to help social …

Transformation Of The Welfare State. Neil Gilbert.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Neil Gilbert, Transformation of the Welfare State. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. $29.95 hardcover.