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Poverty, charity and 'doing the double'
- Authors:
- EVASON Eileen, WOODS Roberta
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 154p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
The authors present data from two research projects conducted in Belfast. Taken together, the data demonstrates the increasing difficulties faced by households dependent on state benefits in making ends meet, the inadequacy of alternative sources of support and the dynamics of benefit fraud. In particular, the book explores the long-term consequences for claimants of the social fund, the extent to which this has resulted in a greater reliance on aid from other family members and charitable aid and claimants' perceptions of the adequacy and acceptability of support from these sources. In addition, the book presents data from one of the projects on benefit fraud - 'doing the double' as it is known in Northern Ireland. The authors argue that this option has been rendered more attractive as a result of the combined effects of the 1988 restructuring of benefits and the push towards a deregulated labour market.
Planning for the needs of people with dementia: the development of a profile for use in local services
- Authors:
- SPICKER Paul, et al
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 180p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Describes the work of a 3 year project funded by the Scottish Office to develop an instrument for use by local planners to assess the needs of people with dementia.
Elder abuse and mediation: exploratory studies in America, Britain and Europe
- Author:
- CRAIG Yvonne Joan
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 229p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Part 1 looks at the social confluence of elder abuse and mediation and contains chapters on: theories of interrelational conflict and relational justice in later life; rights-based mediation as a minimal form of social intervention; and participatory action research into the unresolved conflicts of elder relations. Part 2 examines the social construction of elder abuse and mediation in the United States and includes sections on: American elder care and elder rights; Californian long term care and institutional elder abuse; and Atlanta and Kansas community mediation and elder abuse. Part 3 is on the social development of elder abuse and mediation services in Britain and Europe and includes chapters on: the British Elder Mediation Project; elder abuse and mediation in Norway; and insights and initiatives with European perspectives.
Parents, children and social workers: working in partnership under the Children Act 1989
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Margaret C
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 209p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Research study exploring the concept of partnership implicit in the Children Act 1989 from the perspective of service users. Looks at whether parents and children see themselves as working in partnership with social services departments and, if so, to what degree and in what way.
The colour of English justice: a multivariate analysis
- Author:
- MHLANGA Bonny
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 211p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Research study testing a differential outcome hypothesis on the basis of race in the treatment of young offenders by a local youth criminal justice system in the London Borough of Brent, following the inception of the Criminal Justice Act 1982.
Social care services: the key to the Scandinavian welfare model
- Editor:
- SIPILA Jorma
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 207p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Research study examining the Scandinavian model of the welfare state. Includes chapters on: the service concept in Scandinavian social policy; how four Scandinavian countries got their social care service model; the development of local authority social services in Iceland; the evolution from poor relief to social rights; local government in Scandinavia; the Scandinavian model as seen from a local perspective; and gender issues in social care services.
The emergence of welfare society in Japan
- Author:
- TAKAHASHI Mutsuko
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 269p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Contains chapters on: welfare policy in Japan before 1945; the occupation reforms; welfare in the post-war Japanese political culture; local and grass roots perspective on welfare; reviews of welfare; the discourses on Japanese model welfare society; the reforms of welfare in the 1980s; and in search of solidarity towards the 21st century.
Evaluating the effectiveness of community penalties
- Editor:
- MAIR George
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 197p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Collection of papers. Includes chapters on: progress and prospects for evaluative research in probation; evaluating probation; the limitations of reconviction rates; evaluating the 'tackling offending' initiative; evaluating intensive probation; evaluating Scottish special probation schemes; and evaluation of community service orders; the American experience of evaluating intensive probation; the cost and cost effectiveness of community penalties; and back to basics in evaluation methodology.
Resettlement from large psychiatric hospital to a small community residence: one step to freedom?
- Authors:
- FORRESTER-JONES R.V.E., GRANT Gordon
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 226p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Research study focusing on the lives of 25 people discharged from psychiatric hospitals to small residences in the community. Contains sections on: social networks, social support and well-being; research methodology; the community housing projects and their residents; social networks - an applied perspective; care environments and their relationship to social network development; social networks, social support, social lives - case studies; encountering support and analysing the experience of residents; residents' views of their relationships with different supporters; and outcomes of community care.
Stigma and social welfare: an international comparative study
- Authors:
- COLTON Matthew, et al
- Publisher:
- Avebury
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 192p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Draws together the outcomes of a research project assessing the impact upon child welfare services of perceptions of stigma associated with such services by providers and consumers. Covers Wales, Holland and Spain (Catalonia).