43 research outputs found
Linguistic Acculturation and Perceptions of Quality, Access, and Discrimination in the Health Care among Latinos in the United States
No full textabstract: This study examined the relationship between acculturation and Latinos’ perceptions of health care treatment quality, discrimination, and access to health information. The results of this study indicated that participants who had lower levels of acculturation perceived: 1) greater discrimination in health care treatment; 2) a lower quality of health care treatment; 3) less confidence filling out health related forms; and 4) greater challenges understanding written information about their medical conditions. Participants who identified as immigrants also perceived that their poor quality of medical care was due to their inability to pay and to their race/ethnicity
Policing Immigrants: Fear of Deportations and Perceptions of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
No full textabstract: This study examined the relationship between the fear of deportation and perceptions of law enforcement, the criminal justice system, and the willingness to report crimes among Latinos in the US. Understanding the relationship between increased immigration enforcement and fear of deportation may promote public safety by improving the relationship between the police and Latino communities.
Multivariate ordinal logistic regression analyses of the data found that participants who had a greater fear of deportation reported: (1) less confidence that police would not use excessive force (p<.01); (2) less confidence that police would treat Latinos fairly (p<.05); (3) a lower likelihood of reporting crimes (p<.05); and (4) less confidence that the courts would treat Latinos fairly (p<.01)
Latinas’ Perception Of Law Enforcement: Fear Of Deportation, Crime Reporting And Trust In The System
No full textabstract: Latinas may be unlikely to report violent crime, particularly when undocumented. This research examines the impact of fear of deportation and trust in the procedural fairness of the justice system on willingness to report violent crime victimization among a sample of Latinas (N = 1,049) in the United States. Fear of deportation was a significant predictor of Latinas perceptions of the procedural fairness of the criminal justice system. However, trust in the police is more important than fear of deportation in Latinas’ willingness to report violent crime victimization. Social workers can provide rights-based education and encourage relationship building between police and Latino communities
Review of \u3cem\u3eSocial Investment and Social Welfare: International and Critical Perspectives.\u3c/em\u3e James Midgley, Espen Dahl, and Amy Conley Wright
No full textJames Midgley, Espen Dahl, and Amy Conley Wright (Eds.), Social Investment and Social Welfare: International and Critical Perspectives. Edward Elgar Publishing (2017), 272 pages. $135.00 (hardcover)
Human Rights-based Social Investments
No full textHuman rights provide a normative framework for social policy. Social investments are required for a state to realize the rights of its people. For example, the human right to health requires a well-funded system of health care infrastructure with a well-trained workforce of health care professionals. However, the implications of human rights for social development policies have not been examined. This paper attempts to fill in this gray area by exploring a rights-based approach to social investment. Human rights-based approaches to poverty, health, mental health, child welfare, and older adults are analyzed for their implications for social investment policy proposals. This paper provides underpinnings for human rights-based arguments for social investment policies, adds specificity to rights-based proposals, and furthers the connection between human rights and social development
\u3cem\u3eHumanitarian Aid Work: A Critical Approach.\u3c/em\u3e Carlos Martin Beristain.
No full textBook note for Carlos Martin Beristain, Humanitarian Aid Work: A Critical Approach. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006. $ 59.95 hardcover
\u3cem\u3eChild Soldiers: From Violence to Protection.\u3c/em\u3e Michael Wessells.
No full textBook note for Michael Wessells, Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006. $45.00 hardcover
Reconciliation in a Community-Based Restorative Justice Intervention
No full textTruth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRCs) are among the primary means for promoting reconciliation in communities recovering from violent conflict. However, there is a lack of consensus about what reconciliation means or how it is best achieved. In a qualitative study of the first TRC in the U.S., this research interviewed victims of racial violence who participated in the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission (GTRC), a community-based restorative justice intervention. Findings reveal that participants conceptualized reconciliation as a multileveled process, that different concepts of reconciliation influenced assessments of the success and limitations of the GTRC, and indicate how community-based restorative interventions can be improved to contribute to reconciliation in a local setting
