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Lewis, Michael D.; Lewis, Judith A. – 1978
A paraprofessional training program designed to provide community controlled mental health services to the Woodlawn community of Chicago, Illinois, is described in this monograph. The neighborhood and The Woodlawn Organization (T.W.O.A), a self help project formed in early 1960, are described from an historical perspective. Some of the areas…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Programs, Community Responsibility, Curriculum
Peer reviewedBlock, Carolyn Rebecca; Christakos, Antigone – Crime and Delinquency, 1995
Reports rate of intimate partner homicides (married and unmarried, heterosexual and homosexual) in Chicago from 1965-1993 (2,556 in all). Identifies major trends in intimate homicide over this 29-year period; discusses the people who are most at risk and the riskiest situations. Explores implications for intervention strategies. (LKS)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Battered Women, Community Control, Community Responsibility
