Michael Sosin
Biographic Data
| ID | 4271184 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Sosin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Sosin |
| SIGNATURE | SOSIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5831-8503 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 106 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Service Content as a Determinant of Homeless Adults’ Perceptions of Program Efficacy
This work analyzes the relationship between the services clients receive in treatment programs and client ratings of program efficacy. It relies on data from a random sample of clients served by Chicago's homelessness system (N = 554). Regressions utilizing that data suggest that ratings of program efficacy are positively predicted by program ambiance, the ambiance of referral arrangements, residence in programs providing housing, and receipt of …
Severe Heart Failure
Character and the Plastic Surgeon
There are a variety of models of plastic surgery training: the traditional, integrative, combined, and alternative models. A superior training program can be developed in each. Training must focus on all areas and types of surgery, including breast, craniofacial, cosmetic, flaps and pedicles, microsurgery, reconstructive surgery, and upper extremity surgery. The linchpins of a thorough education include a solid foundation of the "prerequisite" ge…
The Duration of Homeless Careers
In this article, we examine the duration of homeless careers. We build a model of career length based on four conceptual frameworks: institutional disaffiliation, psychological dysfunction, human capital deficit, and cultural identification. Using survey data from a sample of 331 individuals in Minneapolis, we estimate a structural equation model of homeless career onset and duration. We find that, conditioned on age, people who have less consist…
Toward a Longitudinal Analysis of Homelessness
This paper reports on the methods and findings of a six‐month panel study of homeless individuals in a Midwest city. Patterns of homelessness are described, focusing on exits from and returns to homelessness as well as the types of dwellings obtained upon exit. The findings call into question (a) the commonly accepted proposition that homelessness involves the lack of a dwelling and ends as soon as a dwelling is attained, (b) prevalent characteri…
Last Resorts
Social Problems Covered by Private Agencies
Some scholars claim that the types of social problems that private welfare agencies deal with vary according to whether administrative control is national or local, religious or secular. This paper makes use of a recently developed perspective, "niche" theory, to develop and test hypotheses concerning this issue. Data analysis supports hypotheses derived from niche theory and suggests that the interests of constituencies tied to each form of ausp…
Advocacy
Advocacy may have a long-established and honored place in the social work canon, but relatively little is known of what strategies of advocacy are effective, and social workers often practice advocacy without a clear conceptual scheme to guide their work. This article redefines the advocacy role and provides a typology to clarify practice
Models of Organization and Commitment Rates in Juvenile Courts
This paper uses national data to assess four models of organization that are claimed to account for the rates at which juvenile courts commit youth to institutions: parens patriae, community protection, organizational maintenance, and due process. It finds only three evenly stressed models, as a youth concern model combines elements of the due process and parens patriae orientations. None of the models bears a simple, statistically significant re…
Emergency Assistance and Special Needs Programs in the AFDC System
This paper studies emergency assistance and special needs programs that are tied to the AFDC grant system. It notes that the specialized programs are currently more common in states that have high AFDC benefits and reduced commitments to a standardized calculation of income-maintenance grants. On the other hand, it finds that AFDC emergency programs are apparently larger in states with low AFDC benefits and more emphasis on standardization. These…
Juvenile Court Commitment Rates
This paper examines the impact of organizational factors on the rate at which juvenile courts commit referred youth to institutions. Analyzing data from a national sample of courts, the paper demonstrates that both the rate at which cases are handled informally and the rate at which judges commit those youth who appear before them independently influence the overall commitment rate. It also discovers determinants of each of these two components o…
Organizational Maintenance, Sensitivity to Clients, and Vulnerability
Maintenance, an important concept in the organizational literature, is often assumed to be a key factor in the low levels of sensitivity to client needs and demands apparent in many human service organizations. This paper uses data from a national sample of juvenile courts to demonstrate, however, that maintenance may relate to other variables in ways that are at variance with the common assumption. The maintenance of internal organizational oper…
Legal Orders and the Dynamics of Change
Social Welfare and Organizational Society
The dominance of the large-scale formal organization is a central feature of contemporary American society. This article overviews those societal trends that are bound up with organizational dominance and presents some implications for social welfare. It argues that the combination of large-scale organizations and traditional industrial arrangements results in the formation of a stable yet chronically underfinanced welfare system whose level of s…
Due Process Mandates and the Operation of Juvenile Courts
This paper assesses the impact of three Supreme Court Decisions mandating due process guarantees in juvenile courts: the Kent decision, the Gault decision, and the Windhip decision. The results imply that the rulings have increased formal legalism in juvenile courts, but that they have done little to alter either patterns of influence in decision making or aggregate case outcomes. Due process reforms are best viewed as promoting conditionally vol…
Toward a Longitudinal Analysis of Homelessness
This paper reports on the methods and findings of a six‐month panel study of homeless individuals in a Midwest city. Patterns of homelessness are described, focusing on exits from and returns to homelessness as well as the types of dwellings obtained upon exit. The findings call into question (a) the commonly accepted proposition that homelessness involves the lack of a dwelling and ends as soon as a dwelling is attained, (b) prevalent characteri…
The Duration of Homeless Careers
In this article, we examine the duration of homeless careers. We build a model of career length based on four conceptual frameworks: institutional disaffiliation, psychological dysfunction, human capital deficit, and cultural identification. Using survey data from a sample of 331 individuals in Minneapolis, we estimate a structural equation model of homeless career onset and duration. We find that, conditioned on age, people who have less consist…
Advocacy
Advocacy may have a long-established and honored place in the social work canon, but relatively little is known of what strategies of advocacy are effective, and social workers often practice advocacy without a clear conceptual scheme to guide their work. This article redefines the advocacy role and provides a typology to clarify practice
Social Problems Covered by Private Agencies
Some scholars claim that the types of social problems that private welfare agencies deal with vary according to whether administrative control is national or local, religious or secular. This paper makes use of a recently developed perspective, "niche" theory, to develop and test hypotheses concerning this issue. Data analysis supports hypotheses derived from niche theory and suggests that the interests of constituencies tied to each form of ausp…
Juvenile Court Commitment Rates
This paper examines the impact of organizational factors on the rate at which juvenile courts commit referred youth to institutions. Analyzing data from a national sample of courts, the paper demonstrates that both the rate at which cases are handled informally and the rate at which judges commit those youth who appear before them independently influence the overall commitment rate. It also discovers determinants of each of these two components o…
Due Process Mandates and the Operation of Juvenile Courts
This paper assesses the impact of three Supreme Court Decisions mandating due process guarantees in juvenile courts: the Kent decision, the Gault decision, and the Windhip decision. The results imply that the rulings have increased formal legalism in juvenile courts, but that they have done little to alter either patterns of influence in decision making or aggregate case outcomes. Due process reforms are best viewed as promoting conditionally vol…
Legal Orders and the Dynamics of Change
Social Welfare and Organizational Society
The dominance of the large-scale formal organization is a central feature of contemporary American society. This article overviews those societal trends that are bound up with organizational dominance and presents some implications for social welfare. It argues that the combination of large-scale organizations and traditional industrial arrangements results in the formation of a stable yet chronically underfinanced welfare system whose level of s…
Juvenile Court Commitment Rates
This paper examines the impact of organizational factors on the rate at which juvenile courts commit referred youth to institutions. Analyzing data from a national sample of courts, the paper demonstrates that both the rate at which cases are handled informally and the rate at which judges commit those youth who appear before them independently influence the overall commitment rate. It also discovers determinants of each of these two components o…
Organizational Maintenance, Sensitivity to Clients, and Vulnerability
Maintenance, an important concept in the organizational literature, is often assumed to be a key factor in the low levels of sensitivity to client needs and demands apparent in many human service organizations. This paper uses data from a national sample of juvenile courts to demonstrate, however, that maintenance may relate to other variables in ways that are at variance with the common assumption. The maintenance of internal organizational oper…
Models of Organization and Commitment Rates in Juvenile Courts
This paper uses national data to assess four models of organization that are claimed to account for the rates at which juvenile courts commit youth to institutions: parens patriae, community protection, organizational maintenance, and due process. It finds only three evenly stressed models, as a youth concern model combines elements of the due process and parens patriae orientations. None of the models bears a simple, statistically significant re…
Emergency Assistance and Special Needs Programs in the AFDC System
This paper studies emergency assistance and special needs programs that are tied to the AFDC grant system. It notes that the specialized programs are currently more common in states that have high AFDC benefits and reduced commitments to a standardized calculation of income-maintenance grants. On the other hand, it finds that AFDC emergency programs are apparently larger in states with low AFDC benefits and more emphasis on standardization. These…
Advocacy
Advocacy may have a long-established and honored place in the social work canon, but relatively little is known of what strategies of advocacy are effective, and social workers often practice advocacy without a clear conceptual scheme to guide their work. This article redefines the advocacy role and provides a typology to clarify practice
Last Resorts
Social Problems Covered by Private Agencies
Some scholars claim that the types of social problems that private welfare agencies deal with vary according to whether administrative control is national or local, religious or secular. This paper makes use of a recently developed perspective, "niche" theory, to develop and test hypotheses concerning this issue. Data analysis supports hypotheses derived from niche theory and suggests that the interests of constituencies tied to each form of ausp…
Toward a Longitudinal Analysis of Homelessness
This paper reports on the methods and findings of a six‐month panel study of homeless individuals in a Midwest city. Patterns of homelessness are described, focusing on exits from and returns to homelessness as well as the types of dwellings obtained upon exit. The findings call into question (a) the commonly accepted proposition that homelessness involves the lack of a dwelling and ends as soon as a dwelling is attained, (b) prevalent characteri…
The Duration of Homeless Careers
In this article, we examine the duration of homeless careers. We build a model of career length based on four conceptual frameworks: institutional disaffiliation, psychological dysfunction, human capital deficit, and cultural identification. Using survey data from a sample of 331 individuals in Minneapolis, we estimate a structural equation model of homeless career onset and duration. We find that, conditioned on age, people who have less consist…
Character and the Plastic Surgeon
There are a variety of models of plastic surgery training: the traditional, integrative, combined, and alternative models. A superior training program can be developed in each. Training must focus on all areas and types of surgery, including breast, craniofacial, cosmetic, flaps and pedicles, microsurgery, reconstructive surgery, and upper extremity surgery. The linchpins of a thorough education include a solid foundation of the "prerequisite" ge…
Severe Heart Failure
Service Content as a Determinant of Homeless Adults’ Perceptions of Program Efficacy
This work analyzes the relationship between the services clients receive in treatment programs and client ratings of program efficacy. It relies on data from a random sample of clients served by Chicago's homelessness system (N = 554). Regressions utilizing that data suggest that ratings of program efficacy are positively predicted by program ambiance, the ambiance of referral arrangements, residence in programs providing housing, and receipt of …
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