Howard W. Polsky, Roni Berger

From Custodialism to Community

A Theory Based Manual for Transforming Institutions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Custodialism to Community offers a critique of current residential care and a rationale and strategies for its transformation. The authors discuss challenges presented to residential settings by developmental characteristics of adolescence, specifically the power of the peer group as it encourages challenging authority.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 184g
• ISBN-13: 9780761826453
• ISBN-10: 0761826459
• Artikelnr.: 22037161

Autorenporträt

Howard W. Polsky is Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York. Roni Berger is Associate Professor, Adelphi University School of Social Work, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 The Power of the Adolescent Peer Group: A
Challenge to Institutional Care Chapter 3 The Custodial Response Chapter 4
The Community Response Chapter 5 A Second-Order Change Strategy:
Transforming Custodialism to Residential Communities