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Social work practice and men who have sex with men
- Author:
- JOSEPH Sherry
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 312p.
- Place of publication:
- New Delhi
This book analyses extensive data collected through formal networks of men who have sex with men in India and, through conversations and interactions with numerous homosexual men, places it in a socio-ecological perspective. It offers an in-depth analysis of sexual orientation, sexual identities, stress and coping strategies of men who have sex with men. The author argues that understanding the stress that gay men experience and the coping strategies they use can assist professionals to work sympathetically with them. He advocates the use of individual, group and community approaches to building a more tolerant environment. Chapters include: scholarship on homosexuality; homosexuality in India; historical overview and contemporary situation; social and sexual profile of men who have sex with men; sexual identities of men who have sex with men; stress and coping strategies of men who have sex with men; and social work practice with men having sex with men.
The relevance of delivery mode and other programme characteristics for the effectiveness of early childhood intervention
- Authors:
- BLOK Henk, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Behavioral Development, 291(1), January 2005, pp.35-47.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This meta-analysis of 19 mainly US studies published from 1985 onwards finds that education oriented, early intervention programmes with culturally or socio-economically disadvantaged young children have a moderate effect on cognitive development and (on the basis of only 14 experimental comparisons) a negligible effect on socio-emotional development. Centre-based and combined home and centre-based modes of delivery are more effective than home-based modes, and the inclusion of a parent training component in the intervention also improves outcomes. Other factors such as the child’s age at the onset of the intervention, intervention length and intensity, continuation after kindergarten, and inclusion of social or economic support appear not to be uniquely related to outcomes.
Race and crime
- Authors:
- GABBIDON Shaun L., GREENE Helen Taylor
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 347p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Race and Crime provides an analysis of the issues of race and crime in both a historical and contemporary context. Each of nine chapters presents information on race and ethnicity and their impact on the administration of justice. Experiences of racial and ethnic groups (Asians, blacks, Latino(a)s, Native Americans, and whites) in America are examined, focusing primarily on their experiences in the criminal justice system. Unique coverage in this text includes an overview of the history of collecting crime data; historical, contemporary, and nontraditional theoretical perspectives; the history of race and policing, the courts, sentencing, and corrections; and an overview of the historical context of race effects in juvenile justice. The book also provides in-depth analyses of relevant race and crime issues including hate//bias crimes, racial profiling, sentencing disparities, wrongful convictions, felon disenfranchisement, political prisoners, disproportionate minority confinement, minority female delinquency, juveniles and the death penalty, and delinquency prevention.
Establishing trustworthiness in qualitative research in social work: implications from a study regarding spirituality
- Authors:
- LIETZ Cynthia A., LANGER Carol L., FURMAN Rich
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 5(4), December 2005, pp.441-458.
- Publisher:
- Sage
As the use of qualitative inquiry increases within the field of social work, researchers must consider the issue of establishing rigor in qualitative research. This article presents research procedures used in a study of autoethnographies that were written regarding the experience of being Jewish. In this project, the researchers utilized reflexivity, audit trail, triangulation by observer, peer debriefing, member check and prolonged engagement in order to manage the threats to trustworthiness as discussed by Padgett (1998). Implications of the project suggest that research procedures utilized by qualitative researchers to establish rigor are an important way to increase our confidence that the voice of the participants is heard, therefore fitting the mission of the social work profession.
Comparison of social work practice in teams using a video vignette technique in a multi-method design
- Authors:
- ESKELINEN Leena, CASWELL Dorte
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 5(4), December 2005, pp.489-503.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This article focuses on the use of the vignette method in social worker teams and thereby collective or shared aspects of practice, which cannot be reached through a presentation of a vignette separately to the individual members of the team. A video vignette case was presented to four social worker teams in connection with a focus group session in order to compare the teams’ assessment of the client. The negotiations in the focus groups accentuate how teams interpret the same client in different ways and actualize questions as to where these differences stem from and what they are related to. The results support two methodological conclusions that we discuss in the article: that it is beneficial to use vignette in a multi-method design when comparing teams and that a focus group context is an advantage, when the characteristics of the team should be accentuated, while individual differences become secondary.
From ‘doing’ to ‘knowing’: becoming academic
- Author:
- SEYMOUR Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 5(4), December 2005, pp.459-469.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The author presents an overview of her observations and experiences as a ‘new’ academic, and reflect upon these within the broader context of theorizing about power, knowledge and expertise. The author draws connections between experiences-of discomfort with the identity ‘academic’ and struggles to recognize herself as an academic-and conventional understandings of what properly constitutes credible and reputable academic knowledge. This personal reflection has wider implications in terms of the intersections between academia and professional practice, which, it is argued, are critical to the future viability of social work as a strong, dynamic and distinct profession.
Moving to a holistic model of health among persons with mobility disabilities
- Authors:
- KIM Kyung Mee, FOX Michael H.
- Journal article citation:
- Qualitative Social Work, 5(4), December 2005, pp.470-488.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This study investigates concepts of personal and environmental behaviour among people with mobility disabilities leading to a holistic approach to health. Qualitative data were taken from face-to-face interviews with 18 people with mobility disabilities. The resultant holistic model of health for people with disabilities is a function of the interaction between the person and their environment. In order to enhance health for people with disabilities, it is important to realize that disability and health can coexist. Health is attainable for people with disabilities, particularly when environmental and cultural barriers are confronted and addressed.
Those who have, receive: the Matthew effect in early childhood intervention in the home environment
- Authors:
- BAKERMANS-KRANENBURG Marian J., VAN IJZENDOORN Marinus H., BRADLEY Robert H.
- Journal article citation:
- Review of Educational Research, 75(1), Spring 2005, pp.1-26.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) inventory has been used to assess the effectiveness of early childhood interventions in improving home environments. The authors meta-analyse 56 interventions and demonstrate that these interventions are effective. However, interventions with middle-class, non-adolescent parents shower higher effect sizes than those with low socioeconomic status or adolescent samples. The most effective interventions were home-based and used a moderate number of sessions in a limited period. The analysis demonstrates the Matthew effect, whereby families in better living conditions profited more from the interventions than those already at a disadvantage.
Youth with problematic sexualized behaviors in the child welfare system: a one-year longitudinal study
- Authors:
- FRIDRICH William N., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Sexual Abuse a Journal of Research and Treatment, 17(4), October 2005, pp.391-406.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This American study assessed continuity of problematic sexualized behaviours (PSB) over a 1-year period. Ninety-seven 10–12-year-olds in either foster boarding homes or a residential treatment center participated at Time 1. Twelve months later, 78 youth were available for a second data collection assessment. At both data collection phases, researchers interviewed foster parents or primary therapists about the youths' sexual behaviour. Findings revealed significant continuity in PSB over time, with children who at Time 1 exhibited PSB significantly more likely to exhibit PSB at Time 2. The reverse was also true in that the absence of PSB at Time 1 was associated with the absence of PSB at Time 2. In addition, a subset of specific PSB behaviours was noted to be most stable, although this varied across the groups. Youth with PSB exhibited several patterns of persistence in specific behaviours over time, including continuity, a mix of continuity and change, and complete discontinuity. The persistence of PSB over time was most true for the children living in a residential treatment center, the more disturbed group studied. The authors conclude that the persistence of PSB is more likely when the child has other problematic behaviours.
Relapse prevention with intellectually disabled sexual offenders
- Authors:
- KEELING Jenny A., ROSE John L.
- Journal article citation:
- Sexual Abuse a Journal of Research and Treatment, 17(4), October 2005, pp.407-423.
- Publisher:
- Sage
This paper discusses the sexual offending characteristics and pathways of intellectually disabled sexual offenders. From a review of the literature, the authors suggests that intellectually disabled sexual offenders may be most likely to offend via the automatic pathway or the avoidant-passive pathway. The potential treatment implications of the self-regulation model for intellectually disabled sexual offenders is discussed, as well as the need for empirical evaluation with regards to the application of this model to the intellectually disabled sexual offender population.