William H Barton
Biographic Data
| ID | 160306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William H Barton |
| GIVEN NAMES | William H |
| FAMILY NAME | Barton |
| SIGNATURE | BARTON W H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1959 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Thank You and Good Night
Welcome to the Fall 2014 issue of Advances in Social Work.This issue represents the last one on my watch, as I retired from the Indiana University School of Social Work (IUSSW) last May.Since the journal moved to its current online, open-access format in the Fall of 2008, I have had the privilege of serving as its Editor, managing peer review, making final decisions, relaying both positive and negative news to authors, producing the issues, and t…
A 'Seasonal Stew' -- Food for Thought; Fuel for Action
Welcome to the Fall 2013 issue of Advances in Social Work. Arriving on the heels of our previous, 17-article special issue on Latinos/Latinas, we now present the largest regular issue (21 articles) ever published by Advances. For this, we must thank the many authors who submitted manuscripts during the last several months, as well as a tireless cadre of
Satisfaction of contract provider agencies with a State's Child Welfare Agency
Youths and Communities
Society's conventional response to problems of young people--such as teenage pregnancy, school dropout, substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, and violence--is to target a specific problem and develop intervention or prevention programs for individuals who manifest the problem or are at high risk of it. Research shows that overlapping risk and protective factors affect the occurrence of all of these problems and that prevention strategies aimed a…
Deinstitutionalization of Juvenile Offenders
This research investigated the effects of the closing of a juvenile correctional institution. A nonequivalent control group design was used to compare the effects of the closing on placements and criminal behavior for three groups (N = 927) whose institutionalization experiences differed. Official crime data were obtained for all, and interviews were attempted with 752 juveniles. The noninstitutionalized group's recidivism was significantly highe…
Attachments, gender, and delinquency
The purpose of this study is to contribute to a gender‐integrated theory of delinquent behavior by testing the assumptions of gender specialized delinquent behavior and of sex typed bonds as inhibitors of deviance. Data from self‐administered questionnaires completed by a sample of teenagers in the 10th grade and one year later were used in the study. We found no clear evidence of gender specialization in the deviant behavior reported by the yout…
United Nations Decision Making
The inconstancy of physique in adolescent boys and other limitations of somatotyping
Aging Medicine is an open access journal for international collaboration in multiple research disciplines across the aging sciences. The American Journal of Biological Anthropology is a physical anthropology publication, accepting evolutionary articles in bioarcheology, human & primate biology, & more
The inconstancy of physique in adolescent boys and other limitations of somatotyping
Aging Medicine is an open access journal for international collaboration in multiple research disciplines across the aging sciences. The American Journal of Biological Anthropology is a physical anthropology publication, accepting evolutionary articles in bioarcheology, human & primate biology, & more
Deinstitutionalization of Juvenile Offenders
This research investigated the effects of the closing of a juvenile correctional institution. A nonequivalent control group design was used to compare the effects of the closing on placements and criminal behavior for three groups (N = 927) whose institutionalization experiences differed. Official crime data were obtained for all, and interviews were attempted with 752 juveniles. The noninstitutionalized group's recidivism was significantly highe…
Attachments, gender, and delinquency
The purpose of this study is to contribute to a gender‐integrated theory of delinquent behavior by testing the assumptions of gender specialized delinquent behavior and of sex typed bonds as inhibitors of deviance. Data from self‐administered questionnaires completed by a sample of teenagers in the 10th grade and one year later were used in the study. We found no clear evidence of gender specialization in the deviant behavior reported by the yout…
Youths and Communities
Society's conventional response to problems of young people--such as teenage pregnancy, school dropout, substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, and violence--is to target a specific problem and develop intervention or prevention programs for individuals who manifest the problem or are at high risk of it. Research shows that overlapping risk and protective factors affect the occurrence of all of these problems and that prevention strategies aimed a…
Satisfaction of contract provider agencies with a State's Child Welfare Agency
The inconstancy of physique in adolescent boys and other limitations of somatotyping
Aging Medicine is an open access journal for international collaboration in multiple research disciplines across the aging sciences. The American Journal of Biological Anthropology is a physical anthropology publication, accepting evolutionary articles in bioarcheology, human & primate biology, & more
United Nations Decision Making
Attachments, gender, and delinquency
The purpose of this study is to contribute to a gender‐integrated theory of delinquent behavior by testing the assumptions of gender specialized delinquent behavior and of sex typed bonds as inhibitors of deviance. Data from self‐administered questionnaires completed by a sample of teenagers in the 10th grade and one year later were used in the study. We found no clear evidence of gender specialization in the deviant behavior reported by the yout…
Deinstitutionalization of Juvenile Offenders
This research investigated the effects of the closing of a juvenile correctional institution. A nonequivalent control group design was used to compare the effects of the closing on placements and criminal behavior for three groups (N = 927) whose institutionalization experiences differed. Official crime data were obtained for all, and interviews were attempted with 752 juveniles. The noninstitutionalized group's recidivism was significantly highe…
Youths and Communities
Society's conventional response to problems of young people--such as teenage pregnancy, school dropout, substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, and violence--is to target a specific problem and develop intervention or prevention programs for individuals who manifest the problem or are at high risk of it. Research shows that overlapping risk and protective factors affect the occurrence of all of these problems and that prevention strategies aimed a…
Satisfaction of contract provider agencies with a State's Child Welfare Agency
A 'Seasonal Stew' -- Food for Thought; Fuel for Action
Welcome to the Fall 2013 issue of Advances in Social Work. Arriving on the heels of our previous, 17-article special issue on Latinos/Latinas, we now present the largest regular issue (21 articles) ever published by Advances. For this, we must thank the many authors who submitted manuscripts during the last several months, as well as a tireless cadre of
Thank You and Good Night
Welcome to the Fall 2014 issue of Advances in Social Work.This issue represents the last one on my watch, as I retired from the Indiana University School of Social Work (IUSSW) last May.Since the journal moved to its current online, open-access format in the Fall of 2008, I have had the privilege of serving as its Editor, managing peer review, making final decisions, relaying both positive and negative news to authors, producing the issues, and t…
Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Juvenile delinquency (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works)