Group homes for the mentally retarded: a study of community and freedom

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dc.contributor.authorWendt, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T21:02:51Zen
dc.date.available2017-01-30T21:02:51Zen
dc.date.issued1988en
dc.description.abstractThrough a case study, this study examines the organizational structure of group homes for the mentally retarded. The case study is found to represent a new form of communal organization according to Hillery's theory of communal organization (1968; 1978). As a communal organization, the structural measures utilized to maximize freedom in this group home are examined. A discussion of the implications of this study towards community theory and the management of group homes follows.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentvi, 100 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/74530en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 18407065en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1988.W463en
dc.subject.lcshPeople with mental disabilitiesen
dc.subject.lcshGroup homesen
dc.subject.lcshCommunal livingen
dc.titleGroup homes for the mentally retarded: a study of community and freedomen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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