Alternative Social Work: Informalization of Social Control in the Field of Juvenile Delinquency - An Empirical Study

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Uwe Otto
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Control

Robe versus Brief im Diversionsverfahren

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara Verena Pitz
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Juvenile Court ◽  
Young Person ◽  
Juvenile Delinquent ◽  
Resource Limited ◽  
First Offenders ◽  
The Right ◽  
Court Hearing

Juvenile delinquency is omnipresent and ubiquitous. In times of resource-limited personnel policy, dwindling social control and media-effective appeals for sanctions, how should the judiciary react to typical crimes of young first offenders? Is an informal letter enough to lead the young person back to the right path? Or must the juvenile delinquent truly experience the power of the state in robes in order to persuade him or her to live in accordance with the law? This dissertation seeks to answer these questions. It offers an empirical study to determine whether a diversion variant within the informal settlements of the German JGG yields superior results in terms of special prevention and procedural economics. Based on these insights, the dissertation formulates a diversion guideline that makes the advantages of a juvenile court hearing available to diversion proceedings and, at the same time, bridges the gap between the requirements of science and the possibilities of practice.

Social Work's Evolution in the United Kingdom: A Study of Community Care and Social Control

2009 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 336-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. David Harrison
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Community Care ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Model Of Practice

Community social work was a model of practice that was advocated by many roughly from the late 1970s through the 1980s, in the United Kingdom. The approach faded as the field of social work and social services changed drastically in subsequent years. This study conducted in 2006 and 2007, follows up a 1984 study of community social work advocates to learn how the same people understood the changes that occurred over more than 20 years. A total of 9 of the original 30 participants discussed the important role of social policy and social changes that appear to have led toward more individualized, mechanistic, and often control-oriented services.

scholarly journals Dynamics of assertive behavior in the social work students

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (28) ◽  
pp. 14-21
Author(s):  
Anton Stoykov
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Assertive Behavior ◽  
Personal Skills ◽  
Main Components

The article deals with the dynamics of assertive behavior in the Social Work students as assertiveness is one of the most important personal skills needed for the successful interaction between them and their Clients who face a difficult life situation. The characteristics of assertiveness have been theoretically determined paying special attention to the specifics of its manifestations in the interaction between the Social Worker and the Client. On the basis of the conducted empirical study involving Social Work students, analyzed is the dynamics of their assertive behavior based on some of its main components and on their integrity as a personal quality. Considering the research results, justified is the need of including in the educational process specially elaborated programmes with a main focus on the development of assertive behavior.

scholarly journals Roles of Christian campus fellowships in the fight against cultism in Nigerian universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Collins I. Ugwu ◽  
Onyekachi G. Chukwuma
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Social Responsibilities ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
University Community

Cultism is prevalent in most tertiary institutions in Africa. There is no gainsay that this vice is generally unacceptable from both socio-cultural and religious viewpoints. Unfortunately, despite the detrimental tendencies associated with it, some students actively engage in it. Hence, various governmental and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have risen to campaign against cultism in tertiary institutions. The thrust of this research, therefore, is to investigate the roles of Christian campus fellowships in the fight against cultism amongst students of Nigerian universities, with reference to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). It also explores the challenges which the activities of cult groups pose to the university community. Utilising the descriptive method of data analysis, this work discovered that Christian campus fellowships are both a significant and a veritable tool in the fight against cultism in the UNN. As part of her primary and social responsibilities, Christian campus fellowships preach and teach against cult activities in tertiary institutions. They also intervene through some philanthropic gestures and other ecclesiastical activities which are primarily geared towards inculcating right values and godly characters in students, encouraging students who are members of cult groups to denounce their membership and also discouraging students from joining cult groups. The data for this research were drawn from both primary (personal communication) and secondary sources (books, journals and internet materials). The major finding of this article reveals that Christian campus fellowships in the UNN, have made remarkable strides in the campaign against the involvement of students in cultism.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article explicitly lays bare the contributions of Christian campus fellowships in order to bring cult practices to a barest minimum amongst students of the UNN. The study contributes to modern discourses on juvenile delinquency with respect to disciplines such as religion, sociology, social work and psychology.

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