Hide Yamatani
Biographic Data
| ID | 75091 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hide Yamatani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hide |
| FAMILY NAME | Yamatani |
| SIGNATURE | YAMATANI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Employing People With Disabilities: A Preliminary Assessment of a Start-Up Initiative
A major city in Pennsylvania initiated the Career Transition Liaison Project, the first of its kind in the region. Based on a mixed method evaluation design, the pilot study findings show that employing youth with disabilities requires certain accommodations and an initial investment in training, but these investments pay off for the employer
Avoiding Type III, IV, and V Errors through Collaborative Research
Major types of empirical errors reviewed by a number of leading research textbooks include discussions of Type I and Type II errors. However, applied human service researchers can commit other types of errors that should be avoided. The potential benefits of the applied, collaborative research (in contrast to traditional participatory research) include an assurance that the study begins with the "right" questions that are important for community …
Male County Jail Inmates: A Profile and Self-Reported Human Service Needs by Race
With the enactment of the Second Chance Act in 2008, social workers have a greater opportunity for intervention to break the cycle of recidivism. To develop interventions, however, social workers require profiles of incarcerated people and their perceived human service needs. Unfortunately, previous research has focused on prison and not jail inmates and lacks race-differential data. In this article the authors address this gap in the literature …
Afrocentric Intervention Paradigm: An Overview of Successful Application by a Grassroots Organization
A grassroots social service organization's successful use of Afrocentric ideas, theories, and frameworks in its programs and services illustrates that many African Americans respond more readily to human and social services interventions that value and understand their historical experiences and include their cultural influences as “protective factors” in social service interventions. This article describes how the Community Empowerment Associati…
Contemporary Social Policy Analysis Methods: An Incorporation of Ethical Principals and Implementation Processes
This article focuses on how policy analysts address complex social issues and problems by organizing them into ethic-based analytic components and utilizing an array of quantitative and qualitative methods, including program outcome and impact evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, and assessments of local political influence on implementation process. Four articles generated by doctoral students under the guidance of their faculty instructor demonst…
Positive Family Social Support: Counteracting Negative Effects of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse to Reduce Jail Ex-inmate Recidivism Rates
The incarceration and recidivism rates in United States jails are marked by high mental health and substance use problems and racial disparity. Nearly 9 million people cycle through approximately 3,500 jails. For this longitudinal study to identify factors predicting recidivism, data came from a study of Allegheny County Jail inmates (N = 301) that concluded in 2008. Eligible participants were adult men, enrolled in jail collaborative services at…
Saving Our Criminal Justice System: The Efficacy of a Collaborative Social Service
On a typical day in 2008, 776,573 individuals were behind bars in nearly 3,500 U.S. jails. Yet the potential benefits of social services in achieving lower recidivism rates and successful reintegration are understudied in jail populations. This three-year study investigated the effects of collaboration-based in-jail services and postrelease transitional services provided by the Allegheny County Jail Collaborative (ACJC). The results included a si…
Recidivism and Survival Time: Racial Disparity among Jail Ex-Inmates
Incarcerated men, most of whom are recidivists, are disproportionately black. Much literature about prison ex-inmates reports on this disparity, yet little is known about racial disparity in recidivism rates among jail ex-inmates. This study examined recidivism rates and survival time (period from release date to rearrest) among male ex-inmates released from the Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania during 2003 who were tracked for three years (N…
Child Welfare Worker Caseload: What's Just Right
This study was designed to establish a caseload standard for child welfare workers. Understanding reasonable workload expectations for child welfare workers is a cornerstone of quality service provision and the recruitment and retention of qualified workers. Because of the analytic complexity of this question, qualitative and quantitative methods were used.The mixed methods included focus group sessions involving 60 Children, Youth and Families (…
Consequences of Academic Fund Shortages for Low-Income Black Students: The Need Study
Hide Yamatani, Judith Wesner, Patricia Wright, Aaron Mann, Consequences of Academic Fund Shortages for Low-Income Black Students: The NEED Study, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Spring, 1995), pp. 154-161
Differential Expenditures of Basw, MSW, and Doctoral Programs: A Direct Cost Analysis of a School of Social Work
The major objective of this paper is to review findings regarding cost distribution pattern among three degree programs (i.e., BASW, MSW, and Doctoral). The study includes the estimated costs of operating the programs in reference to major academic functions, including course instruction, student advising, discertation assistance, program administration, serving on committees, conducting community services, research implementation, and publicatio…
Strategies for Examining Racial Discrimination Patterns: Limits of the Classical Validation Method
This presentation reviews the limitations of the classical validation method for the examination of racial discrimination, and suggests alternate analytic strategies for the assessment of various patterns of discrimination
Child Welfare Worker Caseload: What's Just Right
This study was designed to establish a caseload standard for child welfare workers. Understanding reasonable workload expectations for child welfare workers is a cornerstone of quality service provision and the recruitment and retention of qualified workers. Because of the analytic complexity of this question, qualitative and quantitative methods were used.The mixed methods included focus group sessions involving 60 Children, Youth and Families (…
Recidivism and Survival Time: Racial Disparity among Jail Ex-Inmates
Incarcerated men, most of whom are recidivists, are disproportionately black. Much literature about prison ex-inmates reports on this disparity, yet little is known about racial disparity in recidivism rates among jail ex-inmates. This study examined recidivism rates and survival time (period from release date to rearrest) among male ex-inmates released from the Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania during 2003 who were tracked for three years (N…
Afrocentric Intervention Paradigm: An Overview of Successful Application by a Grassroots Organization
A grassroots social service organization's successful use of Afrocentric ideas, theories, and frameworks in its programs and services illustrates that many African Americans respond more readily to human and social services interventions that value and understand their historical experiences and include their cultural influences as “protective factors” in social service interventions. This article describes how the Community Empowerment Associati…
Employing People With Disabilities: A Preliminary Assessment of a Start-Up Initiative
A major city in Pennsylvania initiated the Career Transition Liaison Project, the first of its kind in the region. Based on a mixed method evaluation design, the pilot study findings show that employing youth with disabilities requires certain accommodations and an initial investment in training, but these investments pay off for the employer
Positive Family Social Support: Counteracting Negative Effects of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse to Reduce Jail Ex-inmate Recidivism Rates
The incarceration and recidivism rates in United States jails are marked by high mental health and substance use problems and racial disparity. Nearly 9 million people cycle through approximately 3,500 jails. For this longitudinal study to identify factors predicting recidivism, data came from a study of Allegheny County Jail inmates (N = 301) that concluded in 2008. Eligible participants were adult men, enrolled in jail collaborative services at…
Saving Our Criminal Justice System: The Efficacy of a Collaborative Social Service
On a typical day in 2008, 776,573 individuals were behind bars in nearly 3,500 U.S. jails. Yet the potential benefits of social services in achieving lower recidivism rates and successful reintegration are understudied in jail populations. This three-year study investigated the effects of collaboration-based in-jail services and postrelease transitional services provided by the Allegheny County Jail Collaborative (ACJC). The results included a si…
Consequences of Academic Fund Shortages for Low-Income Black Students: The Need Study
Hide Yamatani, Judith Wesner, Patricia Wright, Aaron Mann, Consequences of Academic Fund Shortages for Low-Income Black Students: The NEED Study, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Spring, 1995), pp. 154-161
Strategies for Examining Racial Discrimination Patterns: Limits of the Classical Validation Method
This presentation reviews the limitations of the classical validation method for the examination of racial discrimination, and suggests alternate analytic strategies for the assessment of various patterns of discrimination
Differential Expenditures of Basw, MSW, and Doctoral Programs: A Direct Cost Analysis of a School of Social Work
The major objective of this paper is to review findings regarding cost distribution pattern among three degree programs (i.e., BASW, MSW, and Doctoral). The study includes the estimated costs of operating the programs in reference to major academic functions, including course instruction, student advising, discertation assistance, program administration, serving on committees, conducting community services, research implementation, and publicatio…
Consequences of Academic Fund Shortages for Low-Income Black Students: The Need Study
Hide Yamatani, Judith Wesner, Patricia Wright, Aaron Mann, Consequences of Academic Fund Shortages for Low-Income Black Students: The NEED Study, The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Spring, 1995), pp. 154-161
Child Welfare Worker Caseload: What's Just Right
This study was designed to establish a caseload standard for child welfare workers. Understanding reasonable workload expectations for child welfare workers is a cornerstone of quality service provision and the recruitment and retention of qualified workers. Because of the analytic complexity of this question, qualitative and quantitative methods were used.The mixed methods included focus group sessions involving 60 Children, Youth and Families (…
Recidivism and Survival Time: Racial Disparity among Jail Ex-Inmates
Incarcerated men, most of whom are recidivists, are disproportionately black. Much literature about prison ex-inmates reports on this disparity, yet little is known about racial disparity in recidivism rates among jail ex-inmates. This study examined recidivism rates and survival time (period from release date to rearrest) among male ex-inmates released from the Allegheny County Jail in Pennsylvania during 2003 who were tracked for three years (N…
Saving Our Criminal Justice System: The Efficacy of a Collaborative Social Service
On a typical day in 2008, 776,573 individuals were behind bars in nearly 3,500 U.S. jails. Yet the potential benefits of social services in achieving lower recidivism rates and successful reintegration are understudied in jail populations. This three-year study investigated the effects of collaboration-based in-jail services and postrelease transitional services provided by the Allegheny County Jail Collaborative (ACJC). The results included a si…
Positive Family Social Support: Counteracting Negative Effects of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse to Reduce Jail Ex-inmate Recidivism Rates
The incarceration and recidivism rates in United States jails are marked by high mental health and substance use problems and racial disparity. Nearly 9 million people cycle through approximately 3,500 jails. For this longitudinal study to identify factors predicting recidivism, data came from a study of Allegheny County Jail inmates (N = 301) that concluded in 2008. Eligible participants were adult men, enrolled in jail collaborative services at…
Avoiding Type III, IV, and V Errors through Collaborative Research
Major types of empirical errors reviewed by a number of leading research textbooks include discussions of Type I and Type II errors. However, applied human service researchers can commit other types of errors that should be avoided. The potential benefits of the applied, collaborative research (in contrast to traditional participatory research) include an assurance that the study begins with the "right" questions that are important for community …
Male County Jail Inmates: A Profile and Self-Reported Human Service Needs by Race
With the enactment of the Second Chance Act in 2008, social workers have a greater opportunity for intervention to break the cycle of recidivism. To develop interventions, however, social workers require profiles of incarcerated people and their perceived human service needs. Unfortunately, previous research has focused on prison and not jail inmates and lacks race-differential data. In this article the authors address this gap in the literature …
Afrocentric Intervention Paradigm: An Overview of Successful Application by a Grassroots Organization
A grassroots social service organization's successful use of Afrocentric ideas, theories, and frameworks in its programs and services illustrates that many African Americans respond more readily to human and social services interventions that value and understand their historical experiences and include their cultural influences as “protective factors” in social service interventions. This article describes how the Community Empowerment Associati…
Contemporary Social Policy Analysis Methods: An Incorporation of Ethical Principals and Implementation Processes
This article focuses on how policy analysts address complex social issues and problems by organizing them into ethic-based analytic components and utilizing an array of quantitative and qualitative methods, including program outcome and impact evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, and assessments of local political influence on implementation process. Four articles generated by doctoral students under the guidance of their faculty instructor demonst…
Employing People With Disabilities: A Preliminary Assessment of a Start-Up Initiative
A major city in Pennsylvania initiated the Career Transition Liaison Project, the first of its kind in the region. Based on a mixed method evaluation design, the pilot study findings show that employing youth with disabilities requires certain accommodations and an initial investment in training, but these investments pay off for the employer
Political science (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Social Work (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (4 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Economics (4 works)