Recent literature on empowerment-oriented social work practice raises intriguing questions
about the nature of power in client/worker relationships. This qualitative study explores client …

Research on homelessness and recent social movement literature nave focused little attention
on protest movements among the homeless and very poor. Indeed, most writing in this …

The engagement phase in practice with homeless mentally ill clients is central to work with
this vulnerable population. In this article, the author develops an empowerment-oriented …

Despite the increasing number of high-risk sex offenders (HRSOs) who are being placed on
electronic monitoring programs, little is known about how effective these programs are in …

… Marcia presenting a history of social group work. We handled the shift in leadership in a fairly
formal, almost news anchor manner: “And now we go to Marcia… I believe Marcia deferred to …

The DPR Field Test Program was designed in 1980 and subsequently implemented in the
police departments of Garden Grove, Calif.; Greensboro, NC; and Toledo, Ohio, under …

The authors compared 127 insanity acquittees in the state of Maryland with a matched
prisoner control group of 127 convicted felons and a comparison group of 135 mentally …

Despite the overall decline in violent crime nationally, gang violence rates throughout the
country have continued at exceptional levels over the past decade. Therefore, it is vital for …

An on-site Community Support System (CSS) team in a single room occupancy (SRO) hotel
worked with homeless mentally ill residents toward rehabilitation through empowerment. …

Focus groups, originally used in fields such as marketing and consumer research, are rapidly
gaining popularity as a research methodology in the social sciences. It is interesting to …