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The Concise Oxford Dictionary Of Sociology. Gordon Marshall (Ed.).

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Gordon Marshall (Ed.), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. $11.95 paperback.

Social Work In The Netherlands: Current Developments. Karl-Ernst Hesser And Wibo Koole.

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Karl-Ernst Hesser and Wibo Koole (Eds.), Social Work in the Netherlands: Current Developments, Utrecht, Netherlands: SWP Publishing Co., 1994. $19.00 papercover (Available from SWP Publishing, P. 0. Box 578, NL-3500 Utrecht, The Netherlands).

Review Of Unfaithful Angels: How Social Work Has Abandoned Its Mission Harry Specht And Mark Courtney. Reviewed By Jeanne Marsh, University Of Chicago., Jeanne Marsh

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Harry Specht and Mark Courtney, Unfaithful Angels: How Social Work Has Abandoned its Mission, New York: Free Press, 1994. $24.95 hardcover.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 22, No. 2 (June 1995)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEMINIZATION OF THE AIDS EPIDEMIC - Mark S. Kaplan
• LIFE STORIES: A PRACTICE-BASED RESEARCH TECHNIQUE - Rena D. Harold, Margaret L. Palmiter, Susan A. Lynch and Carol R. Freedman-Doan
• ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER AND CASE MANAGEMENT: INFUSING MACRO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE - Dennis D. Long
• THE IDEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF CHANGING JUVENILE JUSTICE - Preston Elrod and Daryl Kelley
• PROTECTING WOMEN'S JOBS: UNIONS AND DEINDUSTRIALIZATION - Marietta Morrissey
• FAMILY CORRELATES OF DELINQUENCY: COHESION AND ADAPTABILITY - Glenn Shields and Richard D. Clark
• SECOND-ORDER VICTIM-BLAMING - Paula L. Dressel, Vincent Carter, and Anand Balachandran

BOOK REVIEW ESSAY

• Unfaithful Angels: How …

Feminization Of The Aids Epidemic, Mark S. Kaplan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Although males still constitute a substantial number of persons with AIDS, it is becoming clear that this is a disease affecting women and minority populations more adversely. Today women, while representing approximately 16 percent of all AIDS cases nationwide that are reported to the Centers for Disease Control, make up the fastest-growing segment of the population with AIDS. This article contends that AIDS is increasingly afflicting women who have little economic, political, or social power. Furthermore, misdirected public policy has been partly responsible for the greater incidence of the disease in certain regions and populations.

Protecting Women's Jobs: Unions And Deindustrialization, Marietta Morrissey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper explores the impact of union membership on a group of unskilled women workers at a public university in a midwestern city. Although the region has experienced high levels of unemployment in recent years, women subjects have been relatively insulated from job loss. Consistent with other research findings on the consequences of unionization, interviews with 18 women indicate that their job tenure is long, tendency to exit jobs low, and wages and benefits relatively good. African-American and white women have slightly different employment histories, however, reflecting patterns of discrimination and occupational segregation in the work place. Regional economic change …

Second-Order Victim-Blaming, Paula L. Dressel, Vincent Carter, Anand Balachandran

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Second-order victim-blaming emerges within a host of rationales given when designated solutions to first-order social problems do not produce the desired results. In certain cases second-order victim-blaming is built upon first-order victim blaming. This article develops a typology of second-order victim blaming based on the nature of problems forthcoming from failed social interventions. It then explores the implications of the phenomenon for those upon whom the blame falls, for other actors in intervention systems, and for social policy and programs more generally. It concludes with a tentative model of the sociopolitical implications of accumulated institutionalized victim-blaming, including the extremes of …

Family Correlates Of Delinquency: Cohesion And Adaptability, Glenn Shields, Richard D. Clark

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The Circumplex Model of family functioning, which includes measures of cohesion and adaptability, was used with a community-based sample of youth (N = 480) to test its usefulness for explaining delinquent behavior. Results from the research indicate that the Circumplex Model is inadequate for explaining delinquency. It was concluded that the two major components of the model, cohesion and adaptability, do not operate in the curvilinear fashion as hypothesized. Rather, the results suggest the both factors are linear in their relationship with delinquency.

Review Of Involuntary Clients In Social Work Practice. Andre Ivanoff, Betty J. Blythe And Tony Tripodi. Reviewed By Margaret Severson, Louisiana State University., Margaret Severson

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Andre Ivanoff, Betty J. Blythe and Tony Tripodi. Involuntary Clients in Social Work Practice. Hawthorne, N.Y.: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994. $41.95 hardcover, $20.95 papercover.

The Global Environmental Crisis: Implications For Social Welfare And Social Work. Marie D. Hoff And John G. Mcnutt.

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Marie D. Hoff and John G. McNutt, The Global Environmental Crisis: Implications for Social Welfare and Social Work. Brookfield, VT: Avebury, 1994. $59.95 hardcover.

Children In Poverty. Aletha C. Huston

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Aletha C. Huston (Ed.), Children in Poverty, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. $19.95 papercover.

Life Stories: A Practice-Based Research Technique, Rena D. Harold, Margaret L. Palmiter, Susan A. Lynch, Carol R. Freedman-Doan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Social work, like many other practice-based professions, has historically been concerned about the discontinuity between practice and research. This discontinuity is frequently reduced to a debate between qualitative and quantitative methodology, placing the profession in a dilemma and further alienating practitioners. This article describes a qualitative data collection and analysis process as it was in a large-scale study exploring issues of family development. The use of open-ended story telling and ethnographic content analysis are recommended for use in practice and in practice-based research. Adoption practice and chemical dependency settings are presented as examples.

The Ideological Context Of Changing Juvenile Justice, Preston Elrod, Daryl Kelley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The ideological nature of juvenile justice policy is analyzed, including the domain assumptions of the predominant juvenile justice ideologies which presently inform juvenile justice policy development. Further, it is argued that the failure of present juvenile justice policies to effectively respond to the juvenile "crime problem" may lead to the opportunity to develop a more critically informed juvenile justice policy, one which is better able to meet the needs of clients and respond more effectively to juvenile crime. Finally, some of the essential elements of a critical juvenile justice ideology and practice capable of more realistically and humanely responding to …

Attention Deficit Disorder And Case Management: Infusing Macro Social Work Practice, Dennis D. Long

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Intervention with children with attention deficit disorders is complex and requires change at multiple system levels using a social work perspective. Case management, macro social work practice, time allocation issues, the structure of a professional self, constraints in expanding a narrow definition of the social worker, and specific macro level intervention areas for social workers are examined in this context.

Review Of Issues In Social Work: A Critical Analysis. Roland G. Meinert, John T. Pardeck, And William P. Sullivan (Eds.). Reviewed By Joseph Wronka, Springfield College., Joseph Wronka

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Roland G. Meinert, John T. Pardeck and William P. Sullivan (Eds.) Issues in Social Work: A Critical Analysis. Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1994. $49.95 hardcover.

Review Of From Child Abuse To Permanency Planning: Child Welfare Services, Pathways And Placements. Richard P. Barth, Mark Courtney, Jill Derr Berrick And Vicky Albert., Terri Combs-Orme

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Richard P. Barth, Mark Courtney, Jill Duerr Berrick and Vicky Albert, From Child Abuse to Permanency Planning: Child Welfare Services Pathways and Placements. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1994. $41.95 hardcover; $19.95 papercover.

Review Of Critical Issues In Child Welfare. Nora S. Gustavson And Elizabeth A. Segal. Both Books Reviewed By Terri Combs-Orme, University Of Tennessee., Terri Combs-Orme

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Nora S. Gustavson and Elizabeth A. Segal, Critical Issues in Child Welfare. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1994. $17.95 paperback.

Review Of Reflection And Controversy: Essays In Social Work. Ann Hartman. Reviewed By Ram A. Cnaan, University Of Pennsylvania., Ram A. Cnaan

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Ann Hartman Reflection & Controversy: Essays in Social Work, Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers Press, 1994, $21.95, papercover.

Review Of Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach. Eleanor Reardon Tolson, William J. Reid And Charles D. Garvin. Reviewed By Leon H. Ginsberg, University Of South Carolina., Leon H. Ginsberg

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Eleanor Reardon Tolson, William J. Reid and Charles D. Garvin, Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach. New York: Columbia, University Press, 1994. $37.50 hardcover.

Review Of Interprofessional Care And Collaborative Practice. R. Michael Casto And Maria C. Julia. Reviewed By Daniel Harkness, Boise State University., Daniel Harkness

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R. Michael Casto and Maria C. Julia, Interprofessional Care and Collaborative Practice. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Publishing Co, $43.25 hardcover.

Organizing For Power And Empowerment. Jacqueline B. Mondros And Scott M. Wilson.

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Jacqueline B. Mondros and Scott M. Wilson, Organizing for Power and Empowerment. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994. $49 hardcover; $22.50 papercover.

Performance Review And Quality In Social Care. Anne Connor And Stewart Black.

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Anne Connor and Stewart Black (Ed.), Performance Review and Quality in Social Care. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1994. $39.50 hardcover. (Available from Taylor and Francis, 1900 Frost Road, Bristol, PA 19007-1598)

The Welfare Of Children. Duncan Lindsey.

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Duncan Lindsey, The Welfare of Children, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. $29.95 hardcover.

The Sociology Of Social Work. Martin Davies.

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Martin Davies (Ed.), The Sociology of Social Work. New York: Routledge, 1994. $17.95 papercover, $23.95 hardcover.

Review Of The Man Question: Visions Of Subjectivity In The Feminist Theory. Kathy E. Ferguson. Reviewed By Janice Wood Wetzel, Adelphi University., Janice Wood Wetzel

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Kathy E. Ferguson. The Man Question: Visions of Subjectivity in Feminist Theory. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1993. $40.00 hardcover, $13.00 papercover.

Motherhood And Modernity. Christine Everingham & Mothering. Evelyn N. Glenn, Grace Chang, And Linda Rennie Forcey (Eds.). Reviewed By Michelle Livermore, Louisiana State University, Michelle Livermore

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Evelyn N. Glenn, Grace Chang, and Linda Rennie Forcey (Eds.). Mothering, New York, NY: Routledge, 1994, $49,95 hard cover, $16.95 paper cover.

Christine Everington. Motherhood and Modernity. Bristol, PA: Open University Press, 1994. $75.00 hard cover, $25.00 paper cover.

Role Of Social Institutions In A Multicultural Society, K. R. Ramakrishnan, Pallassana R. Balgopal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

With the rapid change in the demographic structure of the American society, the United States is becoming a mosaic of multiculturalism. Such changes have dramatic implications for social institutions. To understand such changes an overview of the evolution of multiculturalism from a historical perspective is provided. The concept of cultural pluralism is discussed for delineating the role of social institutions. Also examined is the issue of affirmative action, and the role of social welfare institution.

Cultural Values And Minority People Of Color, Doman Lum

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This article delineates various dimensions of culture, factors influencing acculturation, majority and minority values, and etic and emic dimensions of cultural values. It contributes to the debate about whether there are distinctive minority people of color values or whether these values are a function of migration and social class. It introduces the concepts of transcultural, cross cultural, paracultual, metacultural, and pancultural as well as cultural ethclass.

Tripartite Cultural Personality And Ethclass Assessment, Ken Huang

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This article assumes of the necessity of a theory of "tripartite personality" and utility of ethclass assessment in cross-cultural therapeutic interventions. It includes, (1) determinants of human behavior; (2) ethnocentrism and effects on groups and individuals, both majority and minority; (3) strategies of conventional intervention and its cultural encapsulation; (4) the proposed tripartite cultural personality, and psychocultural intervention; (5) the ethclass assessment and how it can be incorporated into the DSM-III-R (now, DSM-IV) Multiaxial Diagnostic System.

Native American Agencies For Native American Children: Fulfilling The Promise Of The Indian Child Welfare Act, Anthony Mcmahon, Ernest N. Gullerud

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The Indian Child Welfare Act seeks to protect Indian children from family and cultural disruption. The Act mandates minimum standards for the removal of Indian children and for their placement in foster care. However, a recent national survey suggests that requirements for Indian foster homes are not being met in public agency substitute care programs. At the same time, Native American child welfare agencies have developed a range of services for Native American children. The authors show that the intent of the Act will be better served if the case management of Native American children in public agency care is …