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Advancing the africentric paradigm shift discourse: building toward evidence-based Africentric interventions in social work practice with African Americans.(Report)
July 1, 2009... Social work practice with African Americans has evolved from a generalist perspective that tended to overlook cultural values to one that recognizes the need to incorporate cultural sensitivity and cultural competence. In particular, the strengths perspective (Hill, 1971, 1999; Saleebey,...
Adversity and resiliency in the lives of Native Hawaiian elders.(Report)
July 1, 2009... The Hawaiian stands firmly in the present, with his back to the future and his eyes fixed upon the past, seeking historical answers to present-day dilemmas. Such an orientation is to the Hawaiian an eminently practical one, for the future is always unknown whereas the past is rich in glory...
Qualitative and mixed methods in social work knowledge development.(GUEST EDITORIAL)(Report)
April 1, 2009... Providing guidelines on qualitative and mixed methods in social work knowledge development is a daunting task. Quantitative methods also require careful consideration, but they rarely entail the degree of epistemological self-searching and ongoing consequential decision making that...
Restorative justice as social justice for victims of gendered violence: a standpoint feminist perspective.(Report)
April 1, 2009... Because of an increasing awareness of inadequacies in the criminal justice system in meeting the needs of victims of crime, there is a growing movement to use alternative, more informal forms of instituting justice for victims, offenders, and communities (see, for example, Belknap, 2007; Bui,...
Older adult inmates: the challenge for social work.(Report)
April 1, 2009... Truth-in-sentencing laws, mandatory minimums, and three-strikes-and-you're-out rules established over the past several decades are keeping more offenders confined in prison for longer periods of time (van Wormer & Bartollas, 2007; Yorston & Taylor, 2006). These laws have created a "stacking...