William W Vosburgh
Biographic Data
| ID | 279245 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William W Vosburgh |
| GIVEN NAMES | William W |
| FAMILY NAME | Vosburgh |
| SIGNATURE | VOSBURGH W W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bryn Mawr College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Voluntary Associations, the Homeless and Hard-to-Serve Populations-Perspectives from Organizational Theory
In order to assess the role volunteers play and might be expected to play in provision for the homeless and other populations which resist involvement and providing personal information as features of being helped, selected perspectives from organi zational literature are used to: (1) pose the dilemma presented to service providers and programs by these populations; and (2) seek organizational models which might prove appropriate for serving them…
Social and Economic Factors and Organizational Performance
Correlations between the error rates of independent government programs involved in similar activities (Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Supplemental Security Income) suggest that both are subject to common environmental influences. Further exploration indicates that as much as 71% of AFDC error rate variance can be explained by area, state size, economic indieatars, and crime rates. The advisability of intervention to reduce error rat…
Client Rights, Advocacy and Volunteerism
Follow-up questions
Long-term follow-up as program evaluation
In the context of earlier work on the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, McCord's recent 30-year follow-up is seen as raising issues with respect to the controlled experiment as a basis for evaluation and study of psychotherapeutic effects. The follow-up's general conclusion that "treatment" produces insidious long-term side-effects is challenged, and its specific stated conclusions are deemed unwarranted by the conceptualizations and evidence pre…
Community Responsibility for Accident Victims
The New Zealand Accident Compensation Act of 1972 is a unique national policy for addressing the problem of accidents in modern industrialized countries. It links programs of accident prevention, rehabilitation services, and income-related compensation for personal injury. The act abolished the tort action for personal injury and the Workers' Compensation program, substituting an administrative commission for awarding benefits without regard to "…
Guerillas in the Bureaucracy
Psychiatric Patients and Extended Visit
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Psychiatric Patients and Extended Visit
Guerillas in the Bureaucracy
Community Responsibility for Accident Victims
The New Zealand Accident Compensation Act of 1972 is a unique national policy for addressing the problem of accidents in modern industrialized countries. It links programs of accident prevention, rehabilitation services, and income-related compensation for personal injury. The act abolished the tort action for personal injury and the Workers' Compensation program, substituting an administrative commission for awarding benefits without regard to "…
Long-term follow-up as program evaluation
In the context of earlier work on the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, McCord's recent 30-year follow-up is seen as raising issues with respect to the controlled experiment as a basis for evaluation and study of psychotherapeutic effects. The follow-up's general conclusion that "treatment" produces insidious long-term side-effects is challenged, and its specific stated conclusions are deemed unwarranted by the conceptualizations and evidence pre…
Client Rights, Advocacy and Volunteerism
Follow-up questions
Social and Economic Factors and Organizational Performance
Correlations between the error rates of independent government programs involved in similar activities (Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Supplemental Security Income) suggest that both are subject to common environmental influences. Further exploration indicates that as much as 71% of AFDC error rate variance can be explained by area, state size, economic indieatars, and crime rates. The advisability of intervention to reduce error rat…
Voluntary Associations, the Homeless and Hard-to-Serve Populations-Perspectives from Organizational Theory
In order to assess the role volunteers play and might be expected to play in provision for the homeless and other populations which resist involvement and providing personal information as features of being helped, selected perspectives from organi zational literature are used to: (1) pose the dilemma presented to service providers and programs by these populations; and (2) seek organizational models which might prove appropriate for serving them…
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