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- 21: Treatment And The Sex Offender
- ... attitudes, values, beliefs, and behaviors held by an offender that support negative attitudes toward all forms of official authority and conventional non deviant pursuits (e.g., education, work, stable pro social relationships); deviant values that are used to justify aggression, and substance abuse; and rationalizations for antisocial behavior that free one from any moral constraints. Gendreau et al. (1996) tested the ... jail, incarceration in prison, probation, and community monitoring and supervision (ATSA). The U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections article, “An Administrator’s Overview-Questions and Answers on Issues Related to the Incarcerated Male Sex Offender,” hereafter cited as (US Dept. of Justice) adapted by Barbara Krauth and Roger smith from A Practitioner’s Guide to Treating the Incarcerated ... follows: Seductive, having an exclusive sexual interest in children and trying to court and seduce them. He is introverted, having a fixated interest in children but does not have the social skills to seduce them. He typically molests strangers or very young children or marries women with children the age of his preference. He may be sadistic, having a sexual ...
- 22: Bridging Technology And Academe
- ... technical training support, lack of incentive, lack of preparation time, and lack of class time. Perhaps the most formidable obstacle is the process of applying technology use to teaching a social science discipline such as Sociology. Training for educational technology use must emphasize a "technology-in-context," or discipline-specific approach that presents faculty with possibilities and paradigms for networked resource use in their specific discipline. This paper will present observations, commentary, and planning issues for social scientists considering the adaptation of selected networked information technologies (NITs) in the classroom. NITs include technologies that facilitate time and space-enabled information exchange, such as Internet functions, distance ...
- 23: Bridging Technology And Academ
- ... technical training support, lack of incentive, lack of preparation time, and lack of class time. Perhaps the most formidable obstacle is the process of applying technology use to teaching a social science discipline such as Sociology. Training for educational technology use must emphasize a "technology-in-context," or discipline-specific approach that presents faculty with possibilities and paradigms for networked resource use in their specific discipline. This paper will present observations, commentary, and planning issues for social scientists considering the adaptation of selected networked information technologies (NITs) in the classroom. NITs include technologies that facilitate time and space-enabled information exchange, such as Internet functions, distance ...
- 24: African Culture
- ... W.E.B. Du Bois announced in his marvelous work Souls of Black Folk, that the "problem of the 20th Century is the color line . . ." immediately he set out a social and analytical paradigm that instantly recognized that the major racial problem in America was that existing between Blacks and Whites. Nevertheless, we are still, at the end of the 20th ... of Du Bois' paradigm is the most critical element in the question. In this respect, what has not been fully grasped by the new radical conservatism is the notion that social justice and human rights never were disconnected communities of value within the framework of a larger political regime; that they, in fact, define the very nature of democracy itself. Democracy is not just the legal framework of the Constitution, but the real relations among people governed by it. So, the critical objective in the process of Blacks seeking social justice has been to move from an exclusive notion of democracy based upon White dominance to one more perfect even than that envisioned by the founders. When America was ...
- 25: Women and the Canadian Welfare State: The Decline of Social Welfare and Its Effects on Women
- Women and the Canadian Welfare State: The Decline of Social Welfare and Its Effects on Women Welfare programs must contribute to the attack on family breakdown and illegitimacy. Unless such problems are dealt with effectively, they fester, and grow, sapping ... Canadians, especially Canadian women, can no longer expect as much from their government; rights that were formerly guaranteed by our welfare state are no longer applicable and are quickly disappearing. Social spending has been drastically cut in recent years in order to combat the deficit, and with recession, globalization and restructuring concerns, the government feels as though social welfare is the least of their worries (Evans and Wekerle, 1997: pgs. 45-57). The Canadian welfare state began to decline during the reign of the Mulroney government during ...
- 26: Social Research
- AISHA GITTENS-HIPPOLYTE Taking Two Of The Theoretical Approaches To Social Research Discussed In The Module, Demonstrate The Connections Between Their Ontological, Epistemological And Methodological Assumptions. Which Method Or Methods Would Proponents Of Each Theory Favour As A Result Of Their ... to say, they decide what they are studying or what should be studied. They decide what the subject matter consists of and the meanings behind it. They must consider the social reality and the nature of being, in relation to the subject matter. Having satisfied this researchers then make epistemological assumptions surrounding the subject matter. They must decide on the type ... From a positivists perspective the world is an objective entity, therefore reality is what can be perceived by our five senses. This stance excludes unobservable human experiences or feelings from social knowledge as these are subjective. In line with these beliefs comes the scientific belief of cause and effect . For example, when salt is placed into water, it becomes saline. ...
- 27: Multi-Agency Working In Nursin
- ... agencies involved in care of the clients. Each client has their own keyworker representative from the agencies and professionals involved in their care, these are a community psychiatric nurse (CPN), social worker, and a member of the housing support team (HST). Both the clients have home care workers visiting as part of the social work input, and they also share the same general practitioner (GP), and psychiatric consultant. Housing support team input was on a daily basis with both clients and their role was ... clients with shopping and encourage the clients to use leisure facilities and local transport. The housing support team although referred to separately within this essay are officially part of the social work team, as this is the source of their funding. The social work keyworkers roles were to visit the clients on a regular basis and to assist with benefits, ...
- 28: Can Sociology Be Value Free
- "Can Sociology Be Value Free?" Value neutrality is a term used by Weber to indicate the necessary objectivity researchers need when investigating problems in the social sciences. Weber also cautioned against the making of value judgements which coincide with the orientation or motives of the researcher. It is important to note that although Weber believed that ... sociology? This concept of value free sociology has its roots in the rise of positivism and the scientific method in the mid nineteenth century. Positivists believed that discovering laws of social development would create a better society. A key figure in the establishing of sociology as a respectable science was Comte (1798-1857). Comte looked at human progress and decided that ... historical development. From the final stage. the positive in which causes are explained by scientific laws, came the movement known as positivist. Positivist came to be associated with progress and social reform. All disciplines had a historical imperative to develop away from the speculative to the positive stage: thus marking their scientific statue. (Morrison 1995 pp.24-25) In two ...
- 29: Psychology Comparison
- ... Sad Lonely World in Cyberspace.Ó The article goes on to explain that researchers at Carnegie Mellon University completed a study (later identified as the ÒHomenetÓ study) that examines the social and psychological effects of Internet use in the home. What they found, the report states, is that the initial depression and loneliness of the participants in the study did not ... being technology companies). The article notes that both these organizations and the research team were ÒshockedÓ by the findings, because the Internet has been viewed by many as having actively social uses. Harmon goes on to compare the Internet to the ÒpassiveÓ medium of television. She states that with these new findings the suggestion is made that the Internet is no healthier than older forms of mass media. She claims that these findings raise Òtroubling questionsÓ about the quality of social interaction on the Internet. The report describes how participants in this study primarily used the social features of the Internet (e-mail and chat rooms). However, the article states, ...
- 30: HRM - Ever Evoloving
- Outline Thesis Statement: Advances in technology along with shifts in the nations’ social structure heavily impact the workplace environment, creating a need for new management models in Human Resources. I. The Changing Workplace A. An Historical Perspective of Jobs in America B. Jobs ... paper is written from the perspective that Human Resource Management (HRM) practices are continually evolving to meet the changes of dynamic work environments. New technologies, increasingly rapid exchanges of information, social paradigm shifts and the restructuring of family systems contribute heavily to the need to find and apply methods of HRM that meet the needs of industry, workers and consumers. To ... organization as well as sharpening the competitive edge. Multinational companies have additional challenges in managing human resources, and need to adapt policies to work within diverse cultures and vastly different social values. 3. Some companies may face declining markets or slower growth, handicapping the organizations’ ability to offer advancement opportunities and job security. How then to attract and retrain a ...
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