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 2005
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
Does Social Work Education Have an Impact on Social Policy Preferences? A Three-Cohort Study, Idit Weiss, John Gal, and Ram A. Cnaan
Papers from 2004
Youth and Religion: The Gameboy Generation Goes to "Church", Ram A. Cnaan, Richard J. Gelles, and Jill W. Sinha
Congregations as Social Service Providers: Services, Capacity, Culture, and Organizational Behavior, Ram A. Cnaan, Jill W. Sinha, and Charlene C. McGrew
Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS); Data and Technical Standards Final Notice, United States Government and Dennis P. Culhane
Valuing Volunteers: An Economic Evaluation of the Net Benefits of Hospital Volunteers, Femida Handy and Narasimhan Srinivasan
The Logic of Sanctioning Welfare Recipients: An Empirical Assessment, Yeheskel Hasenfeld, Toorjo Ghose, and Kandyce Larson
Homeless Shelter Use and Reincarceration Following Prison Release, Stephen Metraux and Dennis P. Culhane
Child Welfare Involvement Among Children in Homeless Families, Jung Min Park, Stephen Metraux, Gabriel Broadbar, and Dennis P. Culhane
Public Shelter Admission among Young Adults with Child Welfare Histories by Type of Service and Type of Exit, Jung Min Park, Stephen Metraux, Gabriel Broadbar, and Dennis P. Culhane
Resuscitating the Physician-Patient Relationship: Emergency Department Communication in an Academic Medical Center, Karin V. Rhodes, Teri Vieth, Theresa He, Annette Miller, David S. Howes, Olivia Bailey, James Walter, Richard Frankel, and Wendy Levinson
An Assessment of the Housing Needs of Persons with HIV/AIDS: New York City Eligible Metropolitan Statistica Area, Final Report, Virginia Shubert, Hillary Botein, Suzanne Wagner, Stephen R. Poulin, and Dennis P. Culhane
Utilization of Mental Health Services by Low-Income Pregnant and Postpartum Women on Medical Assistance, Dayoung Song, Roberta G. Sands, and Yin-Ling I. Wong
Adolescents and Firearms: A California Statewide Survey, Susan B. Sorenson and Katherine A. Vittes
Weapons in the Lives of Battered Women, Susan B. Sorenson and Douglas J. Wiebe
Social Work Education as Professional Socialization: A Study of the Impact of Social Work Education Upon Students's Professional Preferences, Idit Weiss, John Gal, and Ram A. Cnaan
Papers from 2003
The Legalization of Abortion and Subsequent Youth Homicide: A Time Series Analysis, Richard A. Berk, Susan B. Sorenson, Douglas J. Weib, and Dawn M. Upchurch
African-American and White Women’s Appraisal of their Breast Cancer, Joretha N. Bourjolly, Karen B. Hirschman, and Frances K. Barg
Review of Hillel Schmid, Neighborhood Self-Management: Experiments in Civil Society, Ram A. Cnaan
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Public Shelter Utilization in Philadelphia: A Time-Series Analysis, Dennis P. Culhane, Stephen R. Poulin, Lorlene M. Hoyt, and Stephen Metraux
Using Petitions to Teach Slavery, Damon W. Freeman
Factors Influencing Women Entrepreneurs of NGOs in India, Femida Handy, Meenaz Kassam, and Shree Ranade
Closing the Gap: Housing (un)Affordability in Philadelphia, Amy E. Hillier and Dennis P. Culhane
Developing Educational Groups in Social Work Practice, Roberta G. Sands and Phyllis L. Solomon
Buying a Handgun for Someone Else: Firearm Dealer Willingness to Sell, Susan B. Sorenson
Personal Awareness of Domestic Violence: Implications for Health Care Providers, Susan B. Sorenson and Catherine A. Taylor
High School Students' Attitudes about Firearms Policies, Katherine A. Vittes, Susan B. Sorenson, and Dennis Gilbert
Papers from 2002
Charitable Choice and Faith-Based Welfare: A Call for Social Work, Ram A. Cnaan and Stephanie C. Boddie
New Strategies and Collaborations Target Homelessness, Dennis P. Culhane
Public Service Reductions Associated with Placement of Homeless Persons with Severe Mental Illness in Supportive Housing, Dennis P. Culhane, Stephen Metraux, and Trevor Hadley
Between Me and The Computer: Increased Detection of Intimate Partner Violence Using a Computer Questionnaire, Karin V. Rhodes, Diane S. Lauderdale, Theresa He, David S. Howes, and Wendy Levinson
Psychological Distress and Intimate Physical and Sexual Abuse among Women in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Programs, Miriam Schiff, Nabila El-Bassel, Malitta Engstrom, and Louisa Gilbert
Preventing Traumatic Stress: Public Health Approaches, Susan B. Sorenson
Legalized Abortion and the Homicide of Young Children: An Empirical Investigation, Susan B. Sorenson, Douglas J. Wiebe, and Richard A. Berk
The nature of newspaper coverage of homicide, Catherine A. Taylor and Susan B. Sorenson
What Kind of Social Policy do Social Work Students Prefer? A Comparison of Students in Three Countries, Idit Weiss, John Gal, Ram A. Cnaan, and Rea Majlaglic
Community Integration of Persons with Psychiatric Disabilities in Supportive Independent Housing: A Conceptual Model and Methodological Considerations, Yin-Ling I. Wong and Phyllis L. Solomon
Papers from 2001
Similarities in Coping Strategies but Differences in Sources of Support Among African American and White Women Coping with Breast Cancer, Joretha N. Bourjolly and Karen B. Hirschman
The Co-Occurrence of AIDS and Homelessness: Results from the Integration of Administrative Data for AIDS Surveillance and Public Shelter Utilization in Philadelphia, Dennis P. Culhane, Erica E. Gollub, Randall R. Kuhn, and Mark Shpaner
Comment on James R. Cohen’s “Abandoned Housing: Exploring Lessons from Baltimore”, Dennis P. Culhane and Amy E. Hillier
The Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Guide to the Empirical Literature, Richard J. Estes
A Closer Look at the Japanese American National Museum, Damon W. Freeman
Advocacy by environmental nonprofit organizations: An optimal strategy for addressing environmental problems?, Femida Handy
Using African American Narratives to Analyze Social Policy, Roberta R. Iversen
Assessing Homeless Population Size Through the Use of Emergency and Transitional Shelter Services in 1998: Results from the Analysis of Administrative Data from Nine US Jurisdictions, Stephen Metraux, Dennis P. Culhane, Stacy Raphael, Matthew White, Carol Pearson, Eric Hirsch, Patricia Ferrell, Steve Rice, Barbara Ritter, and J. Stephen Cleghorn
Better Health While You Wait: A Controlled Trial of a Computer-Based Intervention for Screening and Health Promotion in the Emergency Department, Karin V. Rhodes, Diane S. Lauderdale, Carol B. Stocking, David S. Howes, Michael F. Roizen, and Wendy Levinson
Evaluating a Community Based Homelessness Prevention Program: A Geographic Information System Approach, Yin-Ling I. Wong and Amy E. Hillier
Papers from 2000
Reexamining Central High: American Memory and Social Reality, Damon W. Freeman
Comparing Neighbors: Social Service Provision by Religious Congregations in Ontario and the United States, Femida Handy and Ram A. Cnaan
Public Perception of "Who is a Volunteer": An Examination of the Net-cost Approach from a Cross-Cultural Perspective, Femida Handy, Ram A. Cnaan, Jeffrey L. Brudney, Ugo Ascoli, Lucas C. Meijs, and Shree Ranade
The Validity of Self-Reported Criminal Arrest History Among Clients of a Psychiatric Probation and Parole Service, Kim E. Nieves, Jeffrey N. Draine, and Phyllis L. Solomon
Re-presenting the City: Arts, Culture, and Diversity in Philadelphia, Mark J. Stern and Susan C. Seifert
Measurement Properties of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies--Depression Scale in a Homeless Population, Yin-Ling I. Wong
Papers from 1999
Performance and Commitment: Issues in Management of Volunteers in Human Service Organizations, Ram A. Cnaan and Toni Cascio
How Much Do We Count? Interpretation and Error-Making in the Decennial Census, Roberta R. Iversen, Frank F. Furstenberg, and Alisa Alom Belzer
The Differential Impacts of Federally Assisted Housing Programs on Nearby Property Values: A Philadelphia Case Study, Chang-Moo Lee, Dennis P. Culhane, and Susan M. Wachter
Community Development as a Public Sector Agenda, Felice D. Perlmutter and Ram A. Cnaan
Help in Time: An Evaluation of Philadelphia's Community-Based Homelessness Prevention Program, Yin-Ling I. Wong, Meg Koppel, Dennis P. Culhane, Stephen Metraux, David E. Eldridge, Amy Hillier, and Helen R. Lee
Papers from 1998
Applying Cluster Analysis to Test a Typology of Homelessness by Pattern of Shelter Utilization: Results from the Analysis of Administrative Data, Randall Kuhn and Dennis P. Culhane
The End of Progressivism: Paradigmatic Shifts and Social Welfare, Mark J. Stern
Papers from 1997
Volunteering for Human Service Provisions: Lessons from Italy and the U.S.A., Ugo Ascoli and Ram A. Cnaan
Making Homelessness Programs Accountable to Consumers, Funders and the Public, Dennis P. Culhane, David Eldridge, Robert Rosenheck, and Carol Wilkins
Where Homeless Families Come From: Toward a Prevention-Oriented Approach in Washington, DC, Dennis P. Culhane and Chang-Moo Lee
Where to from Here? A Policy Research Agenda Based on the Analysis of Administrative Data, Dennis P. Culhane and Stephen Metraux
Predictors of Exit and Reentry among Family Shelter Users in New York City, Yin-Ling I. Wong, Dennis P. Culhane, and Randall Kuhn
Papers from 1996
The Treated Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders among Adults Admitted to the Philadelphia Shelter System: Results from the Integration of Longitudinal Data on Shelter and Mental Health Services Utilization, Dennis P. Culhane, June M. Averyt, and Trevor R. Hadley
Where the Homeless Come From: A Study of the Prior Address Distribution of Families Admitted to Public Shelters in New York City and Philadelphia, Dennis P. Culhane, Chang-Moo Lee, and Susan M. Wachter
Health and Development in Asia: Regional Priorities for a New Century, Richard J. Estes
Papers from 1995
Federal Plan to Address Homelessness Recognizes Size, Complexity of Problem, Dennis P. Culhane
Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector: The Horns of a Dilemma, Felice D. Perlmutter and Ram A. Cnaan
Papers from 1994
Assessing the Impact of Two Residential Programs for Dually-Diagnosed Homeless Individuals, Laura E. Blankertz and Ram A. Cnaan
Public Shelter Admission Rates in Philadelphia and New York City: The Implications of Turnover for Sheltered Population Counts, Dennis P. Culhane, Edmond F. Dejowski, Julie Ibañez, Elizabeth Needham, and Irene Macchia
Education for Social Development: Curricular Models and Issues, Richard J. Estes
Papers from 1993
Childhood Risk Factors in Dually Diagnosed Homeless Adults, Laura E. Blankertz, Ram A. Cnaan, and Erica Freedman
Shelters Lead Nowhere, Dennis P. Culhane
Poverty and Family Composition Since 1940, Mark J. Stern
Papers from 1992
The Quandaries of Shelter Reform: An Appraisal of Efforts to "Manage" Homelessness, Dennis P. Culhane
The Discriminating Characteristics of For-Profit versus Not-For-Profit Freestanding Psychiatric Inpatient Facilities, Dennis P. Culhane and Trevor R. Hadley
Expenditure and Revenue Patterns of State Mental Health Agencies from 1981 to 1987, Trevor R. Hadley, Dennis P. Culhane, Fred Snyder, and Theodore Lutterman
Papers from 1991
Neighborhood-representing Organizations: How Democratic Are They?, Ram A. Cnaan
Poorhouse Revisited, Dennis P. Culhane
Poverty and the Life-cycle, 1940-1960, Mark J. Stern
Papers from 1990
On Becoming Homeless: The Structural and Experiential Dynamics of Residential Instability, Dennis P. Culhane
Single Room Housing Won't End Homelessness, Dennis P. Culhane
Papers from 1983
Black Faculty in Predominantly White Schools of Social Work: A Qualitative Assessment, Larry Davis, Phyllis Freeman, Louis H. Carter, and Ramón Cartwright
Papers from 1982
A Qualitative Look at Black Female Social Work Educators, Larry Davis, Ramón Cartwright, Phyllis Freeman, and Louis H. Carter
Papers from 1978
How Do Black Graduate Social Work Students Benefit From a Course on Institutional Racism?, Louis H. Carter
The Black Instructor: An Essential Dimension to the Content and Structure of the Social Work Curriculum, Louis H. Carter
Migration and the Social Order in Erie County, New York: 1855, Michael B. Katz, Michael J. Doucet, and Mark J. Stern