Exam 2: The Changing Nature of the Helping Process

Welfare has been called one of the battlegrounds of a war on women.

What are the differences between the Charity Organization Societies (COS) and the settlement house movement?

Since the Gault case, juveniles have the right to confront and cross examine their accusers and witnesses when accused of a crime.

People who believe that problems are caused by an unjust social system are likely to prefer means-tested over universal programs.

The federal government supports college programs in prisons.

The first large-scale federal involvement in income supports was

What kinds of social service programs are people who believe in opportunity theory likely to implement?

Describe how Opportunity Theory explains the emergence of social problems.

What have been the unintended consequences of deinstitutionalization of mental patients?

A victim-blamer would be likely to attribute the cause of homelessness to personality defects.

Governments have generally been eager to give help to the needy.

What statements in the Personal Responsibility Act reflected Charles Murray's philosophy?

What were Charles Murray's beliefs about teenage pregnancy?

The Catholic Bishops have called for more help for the poor and oppressed.

The "principle of less eligibility" states that welfare payments are kept lower than wages in order to encourage people to take any low-wage job rather than go on welfare.

The settlement house movement relied mainly on case work.

The New Careers movement created many entry level human service jobs for poor people.

Summarize the Catholic Bishops' statement on poverty.

How did the civil rights movement affect the human services?

Why do liberals tend to prefer universal over means-tested programs?