Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare articles

Recent articles from Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Two decades after McMartin: a follow-up of 22 convicted day care employees.(McMartin Preschool)
December 1, 2007... It has been more that two decades since the notorious McMartin Preschool case created a day care ritual abuse master-narrative that recruited many social workers into becoming involved in case-finding, investigations, interviewing and advocacy. The purpose of this article is threefold: it...

Negotiating 'professional agency': social work and decision-making within the Ontario child welfare system.(Report)
December 1, 2007... This article explores how social work as a discipline has helped to negotiate professional agency in decision-making within the restructured child protection system. The narratives of child protection workers affirm that a restrictive climate does exist in child protection agencies and that...

A critique of the global trafficking discourse and U.S. policy.
December 1, 2007... This article examines the dominant discourse on trafficking in persons and the implementation of international and U.S. policy to address trafficking globally. Features of the United Nations Protocol and the Trafficking in Victims Protection Act demonstrate how trafficking frameworks...

A qualitative study of letters to President Kennedy from persons with mental illness and their families: using the research poem in policy oriented research.(John F. Kennedy )
December 1, 2007... Using the research poem as a tool of data representation, this paper presents findings from an analysis of letters sent to President John F. Kennedy regarding the formulation of mental health policy during the early 1960s. The article presents the experiences of consumers of mental health...

The research practices and needs of non-profit organizations in an urban center.
December 1, 2007... How do nonprofit organizations use data and research? What challenges do they face in conducting research and managing data? In spring of 2004, 80 nonprofit organizations in Toledo, Ohio returned a survey on their research and data needs and practices. The survey found that nonprofits collect...