Evaluation and Action in the Social Environment

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
List of Contributors, Pages xi-xii
Preface, Pages xiii-xiv
1 - The Action Research Paradigm, Pages 1-15, Richard F. Ketterer, Richard H. Price, Peter E. Politser
2 - Intervention and Evaluation in Family Settings, Pages 17-49, Nanci C. Klein, Cole Barton, James F. Alexander
3 - Community Groups: An Empirical Taxonomy for Evaluation and Intervention, Pages 51-68, Peter E. Politser, E. Mansell Pattison
4 - Network Analysis and the Logic of Social Support, Pages 69-87, Peter F. Polister
5 - Action Research in the Built Environment, Pages 89-106, Charles J. Holahan
6 - Conducting Behavioral Evaluations in Residential Facilities for Retarded Persons: From Analysis to Action, Pages 107-123, George J. Allen, Jack M. Chinsky, Steven W. Veit
7 - Human Service Programs as Work Organizations: Using Organizational Design to Improve Staff Motivation and Effectiveness, Pages 125-153, Cary Cherniss
8 - The Hospital Environment: Understanding and Modifying Its Impact on the Patient, Pages 155-172, Donald S. Kornfeld, Peter E. Politser
9 - An Integrated Network of Preventively Oriented School-Based Mental Health Approaches, Pages 173-210, Emory L. Cowen, Ellis L. Gesten, Roger P. Weissberg
10 - The Role of Research in Changing the Legal System, Pages 211-229, John Monahan
Subject Index, Pages 231-235