Who was considered the first child abuse case in North America?
Mary Ellen-Wilson
100
What are values?
Ideals, beliefs, customs, what is considered important and defining worth of a person, an institution and the society, the reason for being, or doing something.
100
What are status offenses?
Crimes committed by juveniles.
100
What is the practice by which banks refuse to lend to buyers of a certain race or other personal characteristic?
Redlining
200
How many elderly will there be y the year 2020?
55 million
200
When parents reject their parenting responsibilities because they did not want their child, it is termed what?
Role rejection.
200
List the core values included in the NASW Code of Ethics.
Service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence.
200
Define radical criminology.
Although people may occasionally act in selfish ways, if they actually become criminal, it is because they are responding to a repressive and corrupting society.
200
What are common characteristics of people who are homeless?
Mentally ill or addicted to drugs and or alcohol.
300
In what kinds of housing arrangements do elderly people commonly live?
Most own homes; others live with family members or in nursing homes.
300
Define scapegoating.
Scapegoating is placing the blame on someone else.
300
Describe “friendly visitors”.
Friendly visitors were assigned to needy families to correct the character flaws of the poor and inspire them to strive for independence.
300
What piece of legislation established victim assistance activities?
Victims of Crime Act
300
When do housing issues become social problems?
When there is not enough of it, when it is too expensive, and when its design, location, or quality cause problems to those who live in it.
400
Erik Erikson's theory addresses the elderly in what way?
Described life development's final stage as achievement of integrity. The older person accepts their life as having been meaningful and worthwhile.
400
What organization was formed in 1877 after the case of Mary Ellen Wilson came to light?
The American Humane Association.
400
Identify and define the 3 levels of poverty.
Transitional poor- temporarily in poverty due to unfortunate events.
Marginal poor- "working poor" low education levels and low income levels making them economically insecure.
Residual Poor- people who remain in poverty over a long period of time.
400
Distinguish the difference between retribution and restitution.
Retribution is getting even, an eye for an eye; restitution is making the offender somehow pay for their wrongdoing.
400
What does the Federal Housing Administration do?
Provides insurance for low-down-payment, low-interest mortgage loans for the purchase of new homes or rehabilitation of older ones.
500
What is the differences between liberal and radical views on aging?
Liberals believe the government has resources to meet income maintenance, health, and other needs of the elderly.
Radicals are highly skeptical of the ability of the for-profit sector to meet the needs of an aging population.
500
As an area of social welfare and a field of social work, child welfare includes what?
The special needs of children and their families when parental functioning is impaired, when the family lives in such poverty that effective parenting is impossible, or when the child may not be able to function within his or her own family.
500
Who advocated for the mentally ill and for separate mental institutions?
Dorothea Dix.
500
What are the major issues Liberals have with our criminal justice system?
Labeling and stigmatization, over-institutionalization, overcriminalization, and that there is a discriminatory bias to the system.
500
What is it called when older inner-city low-rent apartments and homes are refurbished and afterward former residents can no longer afford to live in them?