From Custodialism to Community: A Theory Based Manual for Transforming Institutions

By Howard W. Polsky

Book Overview

From Custodialism to Community offers a critique of current residential care and a rationale and strategies for its transformation. The authors discuss challenges presented to residential settings by developmental characteristics of adolescence, specifically the power of the peer group as it encourages challenging authority.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761826459
• ISBN13: 9780761826453
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.5"