First Advisor

Nancy Koroloff

Term of Graduation

Winter 1977

Date of Publication

1-12-1977

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Social Work (MSW)

Department

Social Work

Language

English

Subjects

Juvenile delinquents -- Oregon, Problem children -- Oregon, Juvenile detention homes -- Oregon

DOI

10.15760/etd.2162

Physical Description

1 online resource (iv, 50 pages)

Abstract

Concerned by the increase in the average daily populations at MacLaren School for Boys and Hillcrest School for Girls, Children's Services Division (CSD)has requested research related to children who have been released from child care centers and private institutions.

Child care centers were originally developed as alternatives to the state institutions. As children were diverted to various child care centers, the populations of these two institutions decreased, and plans were made to merge the two schools, thus closing Hillcrest. With the increase in populations at both schools, this is no longer feasible.

As much time and effort is spent in placing children outside of the state schools, CSD would like to have some measure of how effectively its workers are diverting children from the correctional system. A speculation exists among many CSD workers that youngsters are not staying in these child care centers long enough to benefit from the varied programs the centers offer.

With these factors in mind, a research design was developed which would cover these variables:

  1. The child's placement
  2. His length of stay (including dates of placement and release)
  3. His disposition upon release
  4. His living situation one year following his release

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Comments

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/13392

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