Social work research—an urban desert?

Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 11 - 26
Published: Mar 1, 2011
Abstract
A search of two major social work databases suggests that contemporary published social work research in the English language may have had very little to say about the engagement of social work and urban life. The focus of this paper is on the illumination that an early historical episode throws on the nature and implications of the affinity of social work research and urban life. Frederick Thrasher's iconic 1920s study of Chicago gangs enables...
Paper Details
Title
Social work research—an urban desert?
Published Date
Mar 1, 2011
Volume
14
Issue
1
Pages
11 - 26
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