An Overview Of Social Welfare And Social Work History

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Feudalism

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Reigned in Europe as the principal type of political organization; the wealthy landed Gentry oversaw the labor of love essay serfs who made a living by working their overseer's lands, in return they received general protection and care during sickness and old age.

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Dependent Children

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Children without relatives capable of supporting them were placed in service under whatever citizen placed the lowest bid for public reimbursement to provide the child's care.

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Impotent Poor

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Those who were physically or mentally unable to work. Given "indoor relief" (institutions), or "outdoor relief" (receive material support while living independently).

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Able Bodied Poor

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Impoverished people who were physically capable of working, provided any substandard employment available and forced to work or suffer jail or some other punishment.

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Workhouses

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Special facilities in which poor people were forced to work and live.

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Residency Requirement

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Requirement for aid recipients to establish that they had dwelled in some location for some designated time before they could receive assistance or benefits from the political body governing that location.

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Blaming the Victim

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Ascribing the fault to the people who are hurt, have problems beyond their control, have few resources, or have been victimized by some crime or unexpected circumstance.

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Moral Treatment Movement

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The first of three focusing on mental health policy; idea was that people with mental illness should be treated with humane, sympathetic, and personal care in a hospital or asylum setting.

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Treaties

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Formal means of delineating the legal and political relationships between the federal government and various indigenous nations.

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Immigration

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The movement of people from their nation of origin to settle permanently in some other country.

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Settlement Houses

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Neighborhood based centers where humanitarians, interested students, and others "settled" to help people living in poverty improve their communities and their lives.

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Charity Organization Societies

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Agencies which emphasized cooperation among organizations providing assistance, promotion of efficiency, and elimination of fraud.

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Assimilation

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The process of incorporating another culture into the mainstream culture.

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Mental Hygiene Movement

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An initiative focused on the improvements of mental health; three main ideas: people were becoming disillusioned with mental hospitals and the substandard conditions in many, alternative psychiatric units in hospitals (along with other types of care) were being developed, and the concept of "mental illness" began to replace "insanity".