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An Experiment in Mental Patient Rehabilitation

Evaluating a Social Agency Program
Authors
Henry J. Meyer
Edgar F. Borgatta
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Publication Date
120 pages

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This report of research conducted at Altro Health and Rehabilitation Services was designed to develop a comparable fund of reported experiences of evaluative studies of mental health carried out in social welfare settings. It evaluates the program at Altro from the rehabilitation of post-hospitalized mental patients, based on research and in depth analysis on the resulting data.

HENRY J. MEYER was professor of social work and sociology at the University of Michigan.

EDGAR F. BORGATTA was social psychologist at the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Charities of Springfield, Illinois

A Survey Under the Direction of the American Association of Societies for Organizing Charity
Author
Francis H. McLean
Ebook
Publication Date
191 pages

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A volume of the Springfield survey of 1915. Published by the Department of Surveys and Exhibits of the Russell Sage Foundation.

FRANCIS H. McLEAN, Family Service Association of America.

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Self-Government on a County Prison Farm

Author
V. Everit Macy
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Publication Date
13 pages

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Presented at the fifty-first congress of the American Prison Association in 1921, this paper presents the structure of the Westchester County Penitentiary, whose prisoners are employed on the farm the penitentiary rests on. It argues that, instead of being a liability to the county, the prison is an asset, and that, instead of being a place of punishment, it is a training school that returns its wards to society as better men because of their experiences on the farm. Key to this system is that the prisoners are self-governing through a method of classification and rewards that is outlined in detail in this paper.

V. EVERIT MACY was commissioner of public welfare, Westchester County, N.Y.

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Treatment

Methods Employed by Organized Charity in the Rehabilitation of Families
Author
Porter R. Lee
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Publication Date
19 pages

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An analysis of how organized charities can work efficiently to best treat families in need in regards to health, education, employment, recreation, and spiritual development.

PORTER R. LEE was general secretary of the Philadelphia Society for Organizing Charity

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Wage-Earning Pittsburgh

Editor
Paul Underwood Kellogg
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741 pages

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A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey, carried out by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1914.

PAUL UNDERWOOD KELLOGG was director of the Pittsburgh Survey.

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The Pittsburgh District

Civic Frontage
Editor
Paul Underwood Kellogg
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Publication Date
691 pages

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A volume of the Pittsburgh Survey carried out by the Russell Sage Foundation in 1914, focusing on Pittsburgh's history and growth, civic conditions, and education, recreation, and institutional facilities.

PAUL UNDERWOOD KELLOGG was director of the Pittsburgh Survey.

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The Almshouse

Construction and Management
Author
Alexander Johnson
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Publication Date
292 pages

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Written by Alexander Johnson, a former inspector of almshouses, in 1911, The Almshouse: Construction and Management is a detailed look at the successful practices of various charity institutions around the world. The book also touches on several ineffective aspects behind badly managed almshouses witnessed by the author firsthand. Topics range from proper living-quarter design to mental health and to strategies for efficient administration. Drawing upon his experiences, as well as the reports of various state boards of charity, Johnson depicts what makes a well-managed, comfortable place for poor people to live in.

ALEXANDER JOHNSON was general secretary of the National Conference of Charities and Correction.

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Housing in Springfield, Illinois

A Study by the National Housing Association
Author
John Ihlder
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Publication Date
38 pages

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A volume of the Springfield Survey published in 1914, this report presents a clear idea of the housing conditions in Springfield at the time, as well as the methods taken to keep conditions up to standard. Topics include land overcrowding, unhealthy circumstances in apartments, and housing for miners, with an argument of what the city could do to improve conditions.

JOHN IHLDER, Springfield Survey Committee

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Juvenile Court Laws in the United States

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Hastings H. Hart
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Publication Date
160 pages

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This 1910 book is a study of juvenile court laws in the United States, including a summary of all juvenile court legislation in the country until that time and an abstract of state laws governing the trial and disposition of juvenile offenders, divided by state and topic. This volume is intended to supplement Preventive Treatment of Neglected Children by Hastings. H. Hart.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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The Registration of Illegitimate Births

A Preventive of Infant Mortality
Author
Hastings H. Hart
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Publication Date
25 pages

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A paper read before the American Public Health Association at Rochester, New York in 1915.

HASTINGS H. HART was director of the Department of Child-Helping of the Russell Sage Foundation.

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