This article examines a forgotten episode in social work history: the involvement of the profession in the temperance movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Though some notable social workers such as Jane Addams, Robert A. Woods, and Representative Jeannette Rankin (the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress), championed the…

Gender-based violence (GBV) affects women across race, ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, religion, sexual orientation, and geographic boundaries. No segments of society are immune from the vestiges of this problem. Yet GBV has been particularly harmful within communities of African ancestry African American communities suffer with greater…

Reviews the research on dementia as it applies to patients suffering from acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Describes dementia as involving an acquired persistent impairment of intellectual function with compromises in mental activity, emotions and personality, and cognition. Identifies the unique social, emotional, and legal issues…

Spouses and children of inmates of correctional facilities experience problems that are directly related to the fact that a member of their family is a prison inmate. This article examines these problems and makes recommendations for alleviating them. (Author)

In group discussions involving several families, the therapists attempt to clarify defective communication patterns that exist in these families and to help them develop more effective communication as a means of restoring family equilibrium. (Author)

Reviews research on the characteristics and unique service needs of minority homeless persons, describing the differences between black and white respondents in a large epidemiological study of homeless persons. Addresses demographic characteristics, patterns of homelessness, and economic, social and health problems of homeless persons. Explores…

Notes that Sweden has been making continuing progress in its conquest of poverty. Examines the Swedish strategy and discusses its successes in the areas of poverty, slums and housing, health conditions, and unemployment and the labor force. (NB)

Programs of diversion and deinstitutionalization are not nearly as revolutionary as experts in the area of juvenile justice would have us believe. They offer control rather than treatment, and have actually increased the length of time that the youth can expect to be detained. (Author)

The growing concern in recent years about apparent increases in adolescent pregnancies has given rise to a proliferate but fragmented literature. Reviewing this literature from several disciplinary perspectives, the author concludes that it is unable to support diagnosis or intervention because it lacks an adequate theoretical and empirical base.…

Although unemployment for some individuals is becoming long term with little hope for improvement, social workers tend to view unemployment as a temporary condition, offering crisis-oriented, short-term assistance. Survey of social work professional literature over past ten years indicates beginning awareness of phenomenon of permanent…

Reviews the literature on sexual harassment to determine the issues the problem raises, its social contexts, and the resources available to working women. Examined the implications of sexual harassment for social work practice, policy, and research. (JAC)

Asserts that the strengths perspective, which posits that the strengths and resources of people and their environment should be the central focus of the helping process in social work, can be used to reformulate problem-focused, pathology-centered approaches to social policy development. Discusses methods for initiating this integration. (JPS)

Social policies for the aged are examined in terms of the five action dilemmas outlined by Talcott Parsons. The study shows that the aged receive basic services, but are deprived of a meaningful place in the family, a measure of social authority, and activities that are functionally valuable and personally satisfying. (Author)

This article investigates the reasons why young single girls are keeping their babies far more often than they did a few years ago, and the role of the helping professions in dealing with these young mothers. (BW)

Acculturation has been an aim of federal Indian policies for at least two hundred years. This article gives reasons for its failure and recommends that it be abandoned or redefined. (Author)