Departmental Papers (SPP)
The School of Social Policy & Practice contributes to the advancement of more effective, efficient and humane human services through education, research and civic engagement. In pursuit of this mission, our theory-based masters and doctoral programs in social work, social welfare, non-profit leadership and social policy encourage students to think and work across disciplinary lines and cultures as well as across national and international boundaries. The pursuit of social justice is at the heart of the School’s knowledge-building activities. Our innovative educational and research programs reinforce our vision of active student engagement in their own learning as well as that of social agencies and larger social collectivities organized at the local, national and international levels.
Papers from 2017
Mass Incarceration: What's at Stake and What to Do, Malitta Engstrom, Alexandra Wimberly, and Nancy Franke
Papers from 2016
Non-Fatal Gun Use in Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Susan B. Sorenson and Rebecca A. Schut
Papers from 2014
The Public-Private Mix in National and International Development, Richard J. Estes and Huiquan Mary Zhou
Nonprofits and the Promotion of Civic Engagement: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the “Civic Footprint” of Nonprofits within Local Communities, Femida Handy, Micheal Lynden Shier, and Lindsey M. McDougle
Individual and Organizational Factors in the Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers: Perspectives of Volunteers, Laurie Mook, Eddie Farrell, Anthony Chum, Femida Handy, Daniel Schugurensky, and Jack Quarter
A Systematic Review of the Epidemiology of Nonfatal Strangulation, a Human Rights and Health Concern, Susan B. Sorenson, Manisha Joshi, and Elizabeth Sivitz
Knowing a Sexual Assault Victim or Perpetrator: A Stratified Random Sample of Undergraduates at One University, Susan B. Sorenson, Manisha Joshi, and Elizabeth Sivitz
Self-Presentation on the Web: Agencies Serving Abused and Assaulted Women, Susan B. Sorenson, Rui Shi, Jingwen Zhang, and Jia Xue
“Do You Know What It Feels Like to Drown?”: Strangulation as Coercive Control in Intimate Relationships, Kristie A. Thomas, Manisha Joshi, and Susan B. Sorenson
Papers from 2013
Shared Decision Making for Clients With Mental Illness: A Randomized Factorial Survey, Jonathan M Lukens, Phyllis L. Solomon, and Susan B. Sorenson
Creative Capabilities and Community Capacity, Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert
Papers from 2012
Towards a Practice-based Model for Community Practice: Linking Theory and Practice, Ram A. Cnaan and Amnon Boehm
Financial Inclusion: Lessons From Rural South India, Ram A. Cnaan, M. S. Moodithaya, and Femida Handy
Family Processes in Kinship Care, Malitta Engstrom
Student Volunteering in China and Canada: Comparative Perspectives, Lesley Hustinx, Femida Handy, and Ram A. C'naan
“I Didn't Know I Could Turn Colors”: Health Problems and Health Care Experiences of Women Strangled by an Intimate Partner, Manisha Joshi, Kristie A. Thomas, and Susan B. Sorenson
As We Age: Current Considerations About the Elderly and Firearms, Brian Mertens and Susan B. Sorenson
Violence Against Women in Philadelphia - A Report to the City, Susan B. Sorenson
Papers from 2011
Book Review: How to House the Homeless. Edited by Ingrid Gould Ellen and Brendan O'Flaherty. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2010, Dennis P. Culhane
PREFACE: Homelessness and Housing Exclusion in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Research and Policy, Dennis P. Culhane and Thomas Byrne
Prevalence and Risk of Homelessness among US Veterans: A Multisite Investigation, Jamison Fargo, Stephen Metraux, Thomas Byrne, Ellen Munley, Ann Elizabeth Montgomery, Harlan Jones, George Sheldon, and Dennis P. Culhane
Middle-Income Families in the Economic Downturn: Challenges and Management Strategies over Time, Roberta R. Iversen, Laura Napolitano, and Frank F. Furstenberg
Gender Disparities in Injury Mortality: Consistent, Persistent, and Larger Than You’d Think, Susan B. Sorenson
Safe Access to Safe Water in Low Income Countries: Water Fetching in Current Times, Susan B. Sorenson, Christiaan Morssink, and Paola Abril Campos
Papers from 2010
Nonprofit Watchdogs: Do They Serve the Average Donor?, Ram A. Cnaan, Kathleen Jones, Allison Dickin, and Michele Salomon
Motivations and Benefits of Student Volunteering: Comparing Regular, Occasional, and Non-Volunteers in Five Countries, Ram A. Cnaan, Karen A. Smith, Kirsten Holmes, Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Femida Handy, and Jeffrey L. Brudney
The 2009 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, Alvaro Cortes, Jill Khadduri, Larry Buron, and Dennis P. Culhane
Ending Chronic Homelessness: Cost-Effective Opportunities for Interagency Collaboration, Dennis P. Culhane and Thomas Byrne
Ending Family Homelessness in Massachusetts: A New Approach for the Emergency Assistance Program, Dennis P. Culhane and Thomas Byrne
Connecting the Dots: The Promise of Integrated Data Systems for Policy Analysis and Systems Reform, Dennis P. Culhane, John Fantuzzo, Heather L. Rouse, Vicky Tam, and Jonathan Lukens
The Age Structure of Contemporary Homelessness: Risk Period or Cohort Effect?, Dennis P. Culhane, Stephen Metraux, and Jay Bainbridge
The World Social Situation: Development Challenges at the Outset of a New Century, Richard J. Estes
United States-Based Conceptualization of International Social Work Education, Richard J. Estes
Intimate Partner Violence at the Scene: Incident Characteristics and Implications for Public Health Surveillance, Manisha Joshi and Susan B. Sorenson
Behavioral health services use among heads of homeless and housed poor families, Jung Min Park, Stephen Metraux, and Dennis P. Culhane
Papers from 2009
The 2008 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, Dennis P. Culhane, Jill Khadduri, Alvaro Cortes, and Larry Buron
Views of Intimate Partner Violence in Same- and Opposite-Sex Relationships, Susan B. Sorenson and Kristie A. Thomas
Papers from 2008
The Limits of Citizenship: Rights of Prisoners and ex-Prisoners in USA, Ram A. Cnaan, Jeffrey N. Draine, Beverly Frazier, and Jill W. Sinha
The Cost of Homelessness: A Perspective from the United States, Dennis P. Culhane
Accountability, Cost-Effectiveness, and Program Performance: Progress Since 1998, Dennis P. Culhane, Kennen S. Gross, Wayne D. Parker, Barbara Poppe, and Ezra Sykes
The 2007 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report to Congress, Dennis P. Culhane, Jill Khadduri, Alvaro Cortes, Larry Buron, and Steve Poulin
Rearranging the Deck Chairs or Reallocating the Lifeboats?: Homelessness Assistance and Its Alternatives, Dennis P. Culhane and Stephen Metraux
The Interchangeability of Paid Staff and Volunteers in Nonprofit Organizations, Femida Handy, Laurie Mook, and Jack Quarter
Does Screening in the Emergency Department Hurt or Help Victims of Intimate Partner Violence?, Debra Hourey, Nadine Kaslow, Robin S. Kemball, Louise A. McNutt, Catherine Cerulli, Helen Strauss, Eli Rosenberg, Chengxing Lu, and Karin V. Rhodes
Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans: What Might a Sociological Embeddedness Perspective Offer Disaster Research and Planning?, Roberta R. Iversen and Annie Laurie Armstrong
Beyond Discrimination: Understanding African American Inequality in the Twenty-First Century, Michael B. Katz and Mark J. Stern
The Second Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, Jill Khadduri, Dennis P. Culhane, Larry Buron, Alvaro Cortes, Mary Joel Holin, and Stephen Poulin
The 2007 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, Jill Khadduri, Dennis P. Culhane, Alvaro Cortes, Larry Buron, and Stephen Poulin
Characteristics of Persons With Severe Mental Illness Who Have Been Incarcerated for Murder, Jason C. Matejkowski, Phyllis L. Solomon, and Sara W. Cullen
Mood disorders in the emergency department: the challenge of linking patients to appropriate services, Karin V. Rhodes
Mental Health and Firearms in Community-Based Surveys: Implications for Suicide Prevention, Susan B. Sorenson and Katherine A. Vittes
Review of Glenn Firebaugh, The New Geography of Global Income Inequality, Mark J. Stern
Nonprice Barriers to Ambulatory Care After an Emergency Department Visit, Teri L. Vieth and Karin V. Rhodes
Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Abusers: Handgun Purchases and Restraining Orders, Katherine A. Vittes and Susan B. Sorenson
Papers from 2007
Testing a Typology of Family Homelessness Based on Patterns of Public Shelter Utilization in Four U.S. Jurisdictions: Implications for Policy and Program Planning, Dennis P. Culhane, Stephen Metraux, Jung Min Park, Maryanne Schretzman, and Jesse Valente
Homelessness and Child Welfare Services in New York City: Exploring Trends and Opportunites for Improving Outcomes for Children and Youth, Dennis P. Culhane and Jung Min Park
When to Use Volunteer Labor Resources? An Organizational Analysis for Nonprofit Management, Femida Handy and Jeffrey L. Brudney
The Role of Social Anxiety in Volunteering, Femida Handy and Ram A. Cnaan
The Moral High Ground: Differentials Among Executive Directors of Canadian Nonprofits, Femida Handy, Laurie Mook, Jorge Ginieniewicz, and Jack Quarter
To profit or not to profit: Women entrepreneurs in India, Femida Handy, Bhagyashree Ranade, and Meenaz Kassam
Why Social Work Needs Mapping, Amy E. Hillier
Review of Dan Zuberi, Differences That Matter: Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada, Roberta R. Iversen
Parents' Work, Depressive Symptoms, Children, and Family Economic Mobility: What Can Ethnography Tell Us?, Roberta R. Iversen and Annie Laurie Armstrong
The Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, Jill Khadduri, Dennis P. Culhane, Mary Joel Holin, Larry Buron, Alvaro Cortes, and Stephen Poulin
Employing community data to investigate social and structural dimensions of urban neighborhoods: An early childhood education example, Christine P. McWayne, Paul A. McDermott, John Fantuzzo, and Dennis P. Culhane
Reporting Volunteer Labour at the Organizational Level: A Study of Canadian Nonprofits, Laurie Mook, Femida Handy, and Jack Quarter
Promising Practices in Out-of-School Time Professional Development, Nancy Peter
Child Injury Risks are Close to Home: Parent Psychosocial Factors Associated with Child Safety, Karin V. Rhodes and Theodore J. Iwashyna
Characterizing Emergency Department Discussions about Depression, Karin V. Rhodes, Hallie M. Kushner, Joanna Bisgaier, and Elizabeth Prenoveau
Crossing Cultural Barriers in Research Interviewing, Roberta G. Sands, Joretha N. Bourjolly, and Dorit Roer-Strier
Gender Differences in the Construction of Spirituality, Work, Learning, and Community by Baalei Teshuvah, Roberta G. Sands, Robyn Rapoport Spero, and Rivka Ausubel Danzig
Adolescent Risk Behaviors and Religion: Findings from a National Study, Jill W. Sinha, Ram A. Cnaan, and Richard W. Gelles
Rapid Assessment of Existing HIV Prevention Programming in a Community Mental Health Center, Phyllis L. Solomon, Julie A. Tennille, David Lipsitt, Ellen Plumb, David Metzger, and Michael Blank
Intervention on Behalf of Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Assessment of Support in a Diverse Community-based Sample, Susan B. Sorenson
We've Got a Gun?: Comparing Reports of Adolescents and their Parents about Household Firearms, Susan B. Sorenson and Philip J. Cook
Bridging the Gap: Using Microsociological Theory to Understand How Expressed Emotion Predicts Clinical Outcomes, Victoria Stanhope and Phyllis L. Solomon
Review of Hannah Joyner, From Pity to Pride: Growing up Deaf in the Old South, Mark J. Stern
Annotated Bibliography of Out-of-School Time Professional Development Resources, Adrienne Whaley, Lisa Colby, and Nancy Peter
Papers from 2006
Practice What You Preach? The Role of Rural NGOs in Women's Empowerment, Femida Handy and Meenaz Kassam
Recent Incarceration History Among a Sheltered Homeless Population, Stephen Metraux and Dennis P. Culhane
The Future of Emergency Medicine Public Health Research, Karin V. Rhodes and Daniel A. Pollock
Interview Shocks and Shockwaves, Roberta G. Sands and Michal Krumer-Nevo
The Direction of Denominational Switching in Judaism, Roberta G. Sands, Steven C. Marcus, and Rivka A. Danzig
Judgments About Intimate Partner Violence: A Statewide Survey About Immigrants, Susan B. Sorenson
Predicting Staying In or Leaving Permanent Supportive Housing That Serves Homeless People with Serious Mental Illness, Yin-Ling I. Wong, Trevor R. Hadley, Dennis P. Culhane, Stephen R. Poulin, Morris R. Davis, Brian A. Cirksey, and James L. Brown
Neighborhood Experiences and Community Integration: Perspectives from Mental Health Consumers and Providers, Yin-Ling I. Wong, Diane Metzendorf, and So-Young Min
Homeless Service Delivery in the Context of Continuum of Care, Yin-Ling I. Wong, Jung Min Park, and Howard Nemon
Papers from 2005
Developing a Practical Forecasting Screener for Domestic Violence Incidents, Richard A. Berk, Yan He, and Susan B. Sorenson
Review of Peter J. Wosh, Covenant House: Journey of a Faith-based Charity, Ram A. Cnaan
The Gender Gap among Teen Survey Respondents: Why are Boys more Likely to Report a Gun in the Home than Girls?, Philip J. Cook and Susan B. Sorenson
Global Change and Indicators of Social Development, Richard J. Estes
The Demand for Volunteer Labor: A Study of Hospital Volunteers, Femida Handy and Narasimhan Srinivasan
Integrating and Distributing Administrative Data to Support Community Change, Amy E. Hillier and Dennis P. Culhane
How Do Tangible Supports Impact the Breast Cancer Experience?, Karen B. Hirschman and Joretha N. Bourjolly
Assessment and Social Construction: Conflict or Co-Creation?, Roberta R. Iversen, Kenneth J. Gergen, and Robert P. Fairbanks II
Women and the Paradox of Inequality in the Twentieth Century, Michael B. Katz, Mark J. Stern, and Jamie J. Fader
Family Homelessness: Background Research Findings and Policy Options, Mary Beth Shinn, Debra R. Rog, and Dennis P. Culhane
Falling Far from the Tree: Transitions to Adulthood and the Social History of Twentieth-Century America, Jordan Stanger-Ross, Christina Collins, and Mark J. Stern
Community-based Norms about Intimate Partner Violence: Putting Attributions of Fault and Responsibility into Context, Catherine A. Taylor and Susan B. Sorenson
Recreational Gun Use by California Adolescents, Katherine A. Vittes and Susan B. Sorenson