A volume of the Correction and Prevention papers prepared for the Eighth International Prison Congress in 1910, published by the Charities Publication Committee of the Russell Sage Foundation.
CHARLES RICHMOND HENDERSON was professor of sociology in the University of Chicago and commissioner for the United States on the International Prison Commission.
A volume of the Correction and Prevention papers prepared for the Eighth International Prison Congress in 1910, this book is an account of correctional institutions. Most of the book is devoted to reformatories and prisons in the northern United States. It includes papers on the evolution and reforms of the prison system, the methods in which offenders are trained for responsible citizenship, and prison conditions for women.
CHARLES RICHMOND HENDERSON was professor of sociology in the University of Chicago and commissioner for the United States on the International Prison Commission.
Prepared for the American Sociological Society in 1956, this book considers the ways and means of more effective utilization of sociology in the treatment of mental illness. It calls for more effective practice and the advancement of basic research and theory in regards to mental illness.
JOHN A. CLAUSEN was Chief Laboratory of Socio-environmental Studies National Institute of Mental Health
Prepared for the American Sociological Society, as part of a series published by the Russell Sage Foundation investigating public work. This volume explores the ways in which matters lying in the realm of sociology are fundamental aspects of the educational process.
ORVILLE G. BRIM, JR. was president of the Russell Sage Foundation.
The Doctor and His Patient documents the rapid changes in health at the time of publication in 1963, spurred on by technology and the social organization of medicine, and how these developments influence the relationship between doctor and patient. It also explores the implications of these changes for medical education, serving as a guide for students of medicine and other health professions.
SAMUEL W. BLOOM was associate professor of sociology at the State University of New York College of Medicine Downstate Medical Center.
Since the 1990s, scholars have been debating whether second-generation Latinos are heading into the ranks of an “underclass” or remaining working class or moving into the middle class. The bulk of this research has centered on socioeconomic indicators of success. Sociologist Maria Rendon will examine whether and how second-generation Latinos changed their views of success and failure in the aftermath of the Great Recession, with a focus on America’s opportunity structure as they enter their adult years. She will also compare these views to those of their immigrant parents.
While many studies have been conducted on immigrants "at the bottom," we know little about those who succeeded against the odds. For example, there are very few studies of successful children of immigrants who are at the top levels in the labor market. Their pathways, however, could yield important lessons about how disadvantaged groups may overcome social inequalities.
Though much research has been devoted to understanding the influence of economic social origins on life destinations, cultural knowledge, context-specific familiarity, awareness, information, and skills also play a critical role in maintaining or increasing social inequality and the intergenerational transmission of advantage. How do the everyday practices and meaning systems influence how persistent inequality develops and is maintained? In other words, how do these cultural differences become social boundaries that reproduce social inequality?
The rise in economic inequality over the past five decades is typically discussed in terms of income or earnings. Piketty and Saez, for example, report that approximately 50% of national income goes to the top 10% of households, and 23% of income to the top 1%. In comparison, wealth is even more unequally distributed than income. According to Edward Wolff, the top 20% of the wealth distribution held nearly 90% of all wealth with the top 1% holding 35%.
A volume of the Russell Sage Foundation's Social Work Series, written in 1918. The book is primarily a home economics study of how low-income households of the time managed money.
FLORENCE NESBITT was director of the food conservation section of the Cleveland Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense.
