First Advisor

Lewis H. Curtis

Term of Graduation

Spring 1972

Date of Publication

5-25-1972

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Department

Social Work

Language

English

Subjects

Villa St. Rose (Portland Or.), Female juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- Oregon

DOI

10.15760/etd.1747

Physical Description

1 online resource (144 pages)

Abstract

When juveniles are defined by society as delinquent they are frequently institutionalized. These institutions are referred to as reform schools, correctional institutions or schools, residential care facilities, treatment centers, or variations of the above. They are state sponsored or privately sponsored. Whatever name is on the sign by the front door, each institution is in the business of "people changing."

The excellence of an inanimate product can be measured, weighed, checked, and reproduced; but an altered person is more difficult to measure. If one is in the business of people-changing, it seems important to see if one is in fact changing people.

This study of post institutional adjustment in one privately sponsored girl's residential care facility is an attempt to look at change in a group of released girls measured in the scale devised by the study group. As we began our study we formulated our tentative purpose as that of evaluating whether girls released from Villa St. Rose demonstrate improved functioning. The girls released from 1968 through 1970 were selected from the tri-county area of Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties.

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Comments

Other authors: Kathleen A. Christensen, Carol L. Parnell Bell, Shirley A. Groves, Paul A. Murray.

A practicum submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work.

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Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11516

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