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A study of the visiting teacher services in the Paul Breaux High School, in Lafayette, Louisiana, from September, 1945, to June, 1947, 1948
No full textA phenomenological study of criminal behavior among adult males in the Federal prison system: implications for social work practice, 2002
No full textThis study has two primary objectives: first, to examine the characteristics of 75 offenders incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Talladega, Alabama, using the Pre-sentence Investigation (PSI) Report data, and second, to delve into the phenomenology of the offenders through a lengthy interview process. To achieve these objectives, three offenders types were constructed based on criminal history analysis: First-time Offenders, Repeat Drug Offenders, and Mixed Multiple Ofenderss. The study found that First-time Offenders were less deviant in all respects than the other two subtypes. First-time Offenders, hailing from lower-middle class environments, were relatively better educated, more skilled, employed for longer periods, and possessed more self-control than members of the other subtypes. First-time Offenders were frequently reared in intact homes with both parents present (or involved in their lives). Repeat Offenders had mostly drug convictions with or without traffic violations and misdemeanors charges. Mixed Multiple Offenders had lengthier arrest histories than other subtypes with a variety of convictions ranging from a simple battery to homicide, rape or armed robbery-indicating a more threatening, violent, and pervasive deviant and/or criminal lifestyle than First-time or Repeat Offenders. Unlike the First time Offenders, both the Repeat Drug Offenders and Mixed Multiple Offenders were relatively less educated, less skilled, employed for less periods of time or sporadically or irregularly employed, and were reared in lower class, broken homes environments with a larger number of family members present. Findings from this study provide a more in-depth understanding of what criminal behavior means to those who commit criminal acts and their life circumstances under which it occurs. These findings will enable social workers to design and implement more effective intervention strategies to assist offenders with their behavioral problem
Atlanta University Center Faculty Publications: A Brief Bibliography, February 28, 2006
Get PDFOn February 28, 2006, the Robert W. Woodruff Library and the Library Advisory Council hosted an exhibit and reception celebrating the published works of Atlanta University Center faculty. As a complement to that event, the Robert W. Woodruff Library presents this publication, Atlanta University Center Faculty Publications: A Brief Bibliography, which highlights selected scholarly and research contributions of the Atlanta University Center faculty. The celebration has become an annual event and the bibliography illustrates the richness of faculty contributions within each institution and across the Atlanta University Center community. It should be viewed as a fluid document to be updated as new contributions emerge and will be preserved on the Librarys website for future reference and use
Spelman Messenger November 1949 vol. 66 no. 1
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Spelman College Bulletin 1946-1947
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Spelman Seminary Catalog 1903-1904
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The Foundation vol. 82 no. 13
No full textThe Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library acknowledges the generous support of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in supporting the processing and digitization of a number of historic collections as part of the project: Our Story: Digitizing Publications and Photographs of the Historically Black Atlanta University Center Institutions
The relationship between family therapy and recovery from alcoholism, 1982
Get PDFThe present study was undertaken to explore the relationship between family therapy and recovery from alcoholism. Using medical records, control and study groups were established. The groups were differentiated as to family participation in the treatment process. The rate of patient recovery one year after discharge from treatment was established through after-care records. When the two groups were compared no significant difference in recovery rate was noted at the .05 level of confidence. The results of this study are not in agreement with the literature cited in the early pages of this paper. Existing literature supports both the disease concept of alcoholism and the effectiveness of family therapy in treatment. Finally, despite the noted lack of agreement with similar studies, several meaningful results were obtained from the study. As a result of this study, several changes in the methods of record keeping and approaches to family therapy were introduced in the institution where the study was conducted. This study also examines numerous factors historically thought to influence treatment outcome among alcoholic patients. Many of these factors proved to have little significance in recovery while one factor, sex, proved to have a significant impact on recovery rate