Anne Rankin Mahoney

The Paradox of Aging in Place in Assisted Living

Preface Introduction Home, Housing for the Elderly, and Anthropology: A Conceptual Framework Home Is Where the Heart Is The Nature of Assisted Living: Ideals versus Realities Staff and Administrators Views: The Ideal and the Real The Residents Reality New Visions, Old Problems Sitting Here in Limbo: Aging in Place in Assisted Living Appendix I: The MEAP: Procedures and Challenges Appendix II: The SCES Resident Questionnaire References Index

Gifted delinquents: What do we know about them?

Abstract Gifted and talented youths—defined as youths who show achievement or potential ability in regard to general intelligence, a specific academic area, creative or productive thinking, leadership, visual or performing arts, or psychomotor activities—constitute one of the nations most vital resources. Some portion of these youths come in contact with the juvenile court. This article reviews the research on gifted delinquents with particular attention to four longitudinal studies, three British and one American. The research is examined in order to ascertain whether it lends support to the thesis that bright youths are more vulnerable to delinquency because they are more sensitive to an unfavorable environment, or to the thesis that they are protected against delinquency because of their greater ability to understand and cope with environmental conditions. The findings indicate that bright youths are less likely to appear in delinquent populations than others and more likely to come from disrupted and unstable homes. To some extent they support the thesis that bright children are protected from delinquency by their intelligence except in extreme family circumstances. School performance for most bright delinquents is far below capacity, although there is evidence that some youths become disruptive outside of school before their school performance deteriorates.

Change in the older-person role: An application of Turner's process role and model of role change

Abstract Individuals who are aging today experience a role-person misfit because expectations for an older-person role developed during an earlier time in history have persisted after the relevant social conditions have changed. Recent work by Turner and others, which emphasize the dynamic, interactive aspect of social roles, gives us tools to analyze how the cohort differences described by Riley can create pressures for change at the structural level. With these tools we can also identify similarities in the change processes for different roles, such as age and gender roles. The conception of a dynamic, cohort based, older-person role may be especially useful for continuity theory, an individualistic theory of aging currently popular among gerontologists. The application of Turners model of role change to the older-person role indicates that a strong impetus for change exists at the structural level and that key factors favorable to change are in place and appear to outweigh anticipated costs. The first part of the article lays out Turners concept of process role and the second describes age roles and age cohorts. The third discusses the older-person role and argues that its expectations limit individuals in much the same way that traditional gender roles have restricted the behavior of males and females. The fourth part outlines Turners model for role change at the macro-level and applies it to the older-person role. The final section suggests some ways the older person role might change in the future and raises questions about whether it may cease to be a role at all if future role expectations become so diverse that they no longer represent a comprehensive pattern of behaviors and attitudes.

Children, families, and feminism: Perspectives on teaching

Feminist theorists are raising questions about assumptions still common in the fields of family and child development which are relevant to early childhood educators. This article discusses why content and pedagogy work together in feminist classrooms and reviews research on the stages that many students and instructors move through as they learn about ways in which women continue to struggle for equal status in modern American society.

Jury trial for juveniles: Right or ritual?

This study is an exploration of the effects of setting cases for trial in a court that permits jury trials for juveniles. Although few cases actually go to trial, cases set for trial have an impact on juveniles and the court. The study reported here is based on data from a study of 710 youths upon whom delinquency petitions were filed in a suburban court in 1980. Of these youths, 94 had cases set for trial and 7 actually went to trial. The first part of the article gives a brief historical perspective on the juvenile right to jury trial, discusses why defense attorneys set cases to trial, and describes some of the difficulties in measuring the impact of jury trials. The second part reports on the impact of trial setting in “Suburban Court” on case outcomes and case processing time. A partial correlation analysis shows that there is no significant association between setting a case for trial and either adjudication or final disposition, even when other factors are held constant. Setting a case for trial ha...